Grévillers
Grévillers is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
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 A general view of Grévillers and the British Cemetery | |
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Location of Grévillers 
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| Coordinates: 50°06′23″N 2°48′43″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Arras |
| Canton | Bapaume |
| Intercommunality | CC Sud-Artois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Paul Lequette |
| Area 1 | 6.35 km2 (2.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2017-01-01)[1] | 365 |
| • Density | 57/km2 (150/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62387 /62450 |
| Elevation | 108–136 m (354–446 ft) (avg. 119 m or 390 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
Grévillers is a farming village situated 15 miles (24 km) south of Arras, at the junction of the D10 and three small roads.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| Population | 363 | 362 | 331 | 330 | 326 | 331 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | ||||||
Places of interest
- The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
- Memorial to General Aubert Frere, born here in 1881.
External links
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- The CWGC cemetery at Grévillers
- South Africans buried in Grevillers British Cemetery
- The memorial to Gen. Frere (in French)
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