Agny

French commune
name= Agny
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton=Arras-Sud
insee=62013
cp=62217
maire=Pierre Berquez
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté urbaine d'Arras
longitude=2.76027777778
latitude=50.2608333333
alt moy=81 m
alt mini=65
alt maxi=98 m
hectares=605
km²=6.05
sans=1954
date-sans=1999
dens=322|

Agny is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

Geography

A farming village located 3 miles (5km) southwest of Arras, at the D3 and D60 road junction.

History

The Great War 1914 – 1918. War broke out in August 1914 and in September troops were massed on the territory. Agny quickly found itself on the front line. As it was also on a railway line, it was easy to approach the theatre of operations.
In October 1914, violent fighting allowed the German army to advance. A bloody battle took place on September 25, 1915. The French 135th Infantry Regiment lost 38 officers and 1162 men killed, wounded or missing. Despite the fierce fighting during the conflict, the town hall, built in 1860, was not destroyed.
The Second World War. When this conflict broke out, the invading Germans soon occupied the commune. Networks of resistance were quickly set in place. The mayor, Philibert Cleret carried out some particularly dangerous actions but was eventually captured. He was arrested, interned, and then deported. He died at Buchenwald on March 10, 1945.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Laurent, rebuilt in the 20th century.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62013&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Agny on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26513&req=Agny Agny on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia."