Achiet-le-Grand

French commune
name= Achiet-le-Grand
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Bapaume
insee=62005
cp=62121
maire=Michel Ficheuz
mandat=
intercomm=Communauté de communes de la Région de Bapaume
longitude=2.78333333333
latitude=50.1313888889
alt moy=117 m
alt mini=104
alt maxi=136 m
hectares=508
km²=5.08
sans=1016
date-sans=1999
dens=200|

Achiet-le-Grand is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

Geography

A farming village located 12 miles (19km) south of Arras, at the D7 and D9 road junction. The SNCF railway has a station here.

History

The commune was involved in the theatre of operations of the Battle of Bapaume (1871), during the Franco-Prussian War.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.John, dating from the 20th century.
* A World War I cemetery.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=30002&mode=1 The World War I cemetery]
* [http://www.diesbach.com/belleroche/achiet-mullet/achiet-le-village.html A personal website about Achiet-le-Grand]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62005&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Achiet-le-Grand on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26505&req=Achiet-le-Grand Achiet-le-Grand on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 31st 2008."