- Vaulx-Vraucourt
French commune
name= Vaulx-Vraucourt
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Croisilles
insee=62839
cp=62159
maire=Christian Hémar
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de la Région de Bapaume
longitude=2.90944444444
latitude=50.1472222222
alt moy=112 m
alt mini=83 m
alt maxi=122 m
hectares=1 411
km²=14,11
sans=1110
date-sans=1999
dens=78|Vaulx-Vraucourt is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village convert|15|mi|km|1 southeast of Arras and about convert|4|mi|km|1 northeast of
Bapaume , at the junction of the D20, D10E and D36 roads.History
The commune name comes from the two hamlets that were combined into one commune in 1821.
The village was the site of heavy fighting duringWorld War I . Major battles occurred in this area in 1917 and 1918. Four military cemeteries are located in and around the village, containing the graves of soldiers from theUnited Kingdom ,Canada ,Australia , andNew Zealand .Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Martin, rebuilt, as was all of the village, after
World War I
* The underground remains of an old chateau.
* A 17th centurydovecote .
* TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=68001&mode=1 Vaulx Hill CWGC cemetery]
* [http://ww1cemeteries.com/ww1frenchextension/Vaulx-Vraucourthill.htm Vaulx Hill CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=68002&mode=1 Vaulx Australian CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=68003&mode=1 Vraucourt Copse CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27324&req=Vaulx-Vraucourt Vaulx-Vraucourt on the Quid website] fr
* [http://www.villorama.com/vaulx-vraucourt.htm A website about Vaulx-Vraucourt] frNotes
*"This article is based on the original and the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 7th 2008."
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