- Barastre
French commune
name= Barastre
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Bertincourt
insee=62082
cp=62124
maire=Gislain Boury
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Canton de Bertincourt
longitude=2.93333333333
latitude=50.0775
alt moy=119 m
alt mini=113 m
alt maxi=133 m
hectares=764
km²=7,64
sans=232
date-sans=1999
dens=30|Barastre is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village located 19 miles (30km) southeast of Arras on the D20 road. The entire commune was destroyed during
World War I .History
During
World War I , the village was occupied by British troops in March 1917, before being lost a year later to the Germans. The village was retaken on September 5th following an advance by the 42nd British division (East Lancashire). Nearly 10 British soldiers are buried in this cemetery (one of whom was buried by the Germans in 1916). In the cemetery extension are the graves of 284 German soldiers, 46 French, 39 British, four New Zealanders and one Australian.The commune was awarded theCroix de guerre in 1920.Population
Places of interest
* The ruins of a early castle.
* The church of St.Martin, dating from the 20th century.
* The war memorial.See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=62502&mode=1 The CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26581&req=Barastre Barastre on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on June 2nd 2008."
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