- Thélus
French commune
name= Thélus
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Vimy
insee=62810
cp=62580
maire=Bernard Milleville
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté urbaine d'Arras
longitude=2.80138888889
latitude=50.3555555556
alt moy=121 m
alt mini=88 m
alt maxi=143 m
hectares=899
km²=8,99
sans=1189
date-sans=2006
dens=117|Thélus is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village, some convert|5|mi|km|1 north of Arras, at the junction of the N17 and D49 roads. Junction 7 of the
A26 autoroute is less than a mile away. The commune was at the heart of thebattle of Vimy Ridge .Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Ranulphe, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after
World War I .
* Two memorials to theCanadian s who fell during theFirst World War .
* TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=30201&mode=1 Nine Elms CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=4002336&mode=1 Zivy Crater CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=68401&mode=1 Lichfield Crater CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=68400&mode=1 Bois-Carré CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=30200&mode=1 The CWGC military cemetery at Thélus]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2027535&mode=1 The communal cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27295&req=Thélus Thélus on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 5th 2008."
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