Léchelle, Pas-de-Calais

French commune
name= Léchelle
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Bertincourt
insee=62494
cp=62124
maire=Gabriel Trannin
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Canton de Bertincourt
longitude=2.97472222222
latitude=50.0575
alt moy=115 m
alt mini=94 m
alt maxi=132 m
hectares=375
km²=3,75
sans=60
date-sans=1999
dens=16|

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

Geography

A very small farming village situated Convert|20|mi|km|0 southeast of Arras, on the D19E road, just a few yards from the A2 autoroute.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Nicholas, rebuilt along with most of the village, after World War I.
* The remains of an old chateau.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=27702&mode=1 Five Points CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26983&req=Léchelle Léchelle on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on June 25th 2008."