Achiet-le-Grand
Achiet-le-Grand (French pronunciation: [aʃjɛ lə ɡʁɑ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Geography
A farming village located 12 miles (19 km) south of Arras, at the D7 and D9 road junction. The SNCF railway has a station here.
History
Achiet-le-Grand is on the Paris–Lille railway. In 1871 it got a secondary rail connection to Bapaume, later extended to form the Achiet–Marcoing railway.
The commune was involved in the theatre of operations of the Battle of Bapaume (1871), during the Franco-Prussian War.
The village was twinned with Kings Langley in Hertfordshire, England in November 2009, in honour of Christopher Cox VC from that village who won a Victoria Cross in fighting near Achiet-le-Grand in World War I.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 774 | — |
| 1975 | 787 | +0.24% |
| 1982 | 890 | +1.77% |
| 1990 | 948 | +0.79% |
| 1999 | 1,016 | +0.77% |
| 2007 | 1,053 | +0.45% |
| 2012 | 1,036 | −0.32% |
| 2017 | 988 | −0.94% |
| Source: INSEE | ||
Sights
- The church of St.John, dating from the twentieth century.
- A World War I cemetery.
See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department