Wancourt

French commune
name= Wancourt
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Croisilles
insee=62873
cp=62128
maire= Michel Montagne
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté urbaine d'Arras
longitude=2.87166666667
latitude=50.2483333333
alt moy=61 m
alt mini=56 m
alt maxi=101 m
hectares=890
km²=8,9
sans=587
date-sans=1999
dens=65|

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

Geography

A farming village situated some convert|5|mi|km|1 southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D33 and the D34E roads. The A1 autoroute passes by just yards from the commune.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Aubode, rebuilt, along with much of the village, after World War I.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=3300&mode=1 The CWGC cemetery at Wancourt]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=62100&mode=1 The CWGC Guémappe cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=30700&mode=1 Feuchy CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27356&req=Wancourt Wancourt on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 9th 2008."