Guémappe

French commune
name= Guémappe
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Croisilles
insee=62392
cp=62128
maire=Reynald Roche
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Sud Arrageois
longitude=2.89
latitude=50.2544444444
alt moy=66 m
alt mini=52 m
alt maxi=92 m
hectares=452
km²=4,52
sans=392
date-sans=1999
dens=86|

Guémappe is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A small farming village situated Convert|8|mi|km|0 southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D34 and the D38 roads.

History

First noted as "Gammapium" in 1135. The seigneurie belonged to that of the Montmorency family at Wancourt.
The village was the scene of heavy fighting in April 1917 and August 1918, during the First World War.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Leger, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after World War I.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26885&req=Guémappe Guémappe on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on June 22nd 2008."