Saint-Laurent-Blangy

Saint-Laurent-Blangy
Commune
A road within Saint-Laurent-Blangy
Coat of arms
Saint-Laurent-Blangy
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Saint-Laurent-Blangy
Coordinates: 50°18′11″N 2°48′13″E / 50.3031°N 2.8036°E / 50.3031; 2.8036Coordinates: 50°18′11″N 2°48′13″E / 50.3031°N 2.8036°E / 50.3031; 2.8036
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Arras-2
Intercommunality	communauté urbaine d'Arras
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Pierre Deleury
Area1	9.83 km2 (3.80 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	5,619
• Density	570/km2 (1,500/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62753 /62223
Elevation	50–103 m (164–338 ft) (avg. 93 m or 305 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Saint-Laurent-Blangy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Saint-Laurent-Blangy is a light industrial suburb and river port on the northeast side of Arras, at the junction of the N50, D42 and D919 roads.

History

Joan of Arc was imprisoned here at the chateau, after her capture at Compiègne.
The town was completely destroyed during the First World War.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of St. Laurent, rebuilt in 1982.
• The château of Immercourt
• The feudal motte.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Saint-Laurent-Blangy.

• Official website of Saint Laurent Blangy (in French)
• Bailleul Road East CWGC cemetery
• Bailleul Road West CWGC cemetery
• The CWGC communal cemetery
• Saint-Laurent-Blangy on the Quid website (in French)