Warlencourt-Eaucourt

Warlencourt-Eaucourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Warlencourt-Eaucourt
Commune
The town hall of Warlencourt-Eaucourt
Coat of arms
Location of Warlencourt-Eaucourt
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Coordinates: 50°05′00″N 2°47′27″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	Sud-Artois
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Lucien Guise
Area ^1	3.71 km^2 (1.43 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2017)[1]	138
• Density	37/km^2 (96/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62876 /62450
Elevation	92–128 m (302–420 ft) (avg. 106 m or 348 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Warlencourt-Eaucourt is situated some 16 miles (25.7 km) south of Arras, at the junction of the D929 and the D10E roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	139	—
2007	146	+5.0%
2008	151	+3.4%
2009	157	+4.0%
2010	162	+3.2%
2011	166	+2.5%
2012	167	+0.6%
2013	160	−4.2%
2014	153	−4.4%
2015	146	−4.6%
2016	143	−2.1%

Places of interest

• The church of St. Pierre, rebuilt, along with the rest of the village, after World War I.
• The Warlencourt British Cemetery, in which over 3,000 soldiers who died during World War I are buried.
• The war memorials:
  • A pyramid with a Catholic cross on the Rue du Calvaire. Erected on August 30, 1925 to commemorate WWI dead (4 percent of the pre-war population), also commemorates WWII dead.[2]
  • Butte de Warlencourt memorial, commemorating the 1916 battle on the ancient burial mound[2]

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. The war memorials of Warlencourt-Eaucourt. MÉMOIRES DE PIERRE (in French)

External links

• The CWGC cemetery