Cagnoncles

Cagnoncles
Cagnoncles
Commune
	The town hall in Cagnoncles
	Coat of arms
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	Coordinates: 50°11′28″N 3°18′40″E / 50.191°N 3.311°ECoordinates: 50°11′28″N 3°18′40″E / 50.191°N 3.311°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Caudry
Intercommunality
Government
• Mayor (2020-2026)	Bruno Lefebvre
Area 1	6.23 km2 (2.41 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2018)	614
• Density	99/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59121 /59161
Elevation	47–86 m (154–282 ft) ; (avg. 67 m or 220 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cagnoncles is a commune in the Nord department in northern France. It contains 11 Commonwealth war graves from the First World War.

History[]

Private A S Bullock in his World War I memoir recalls arriving in Cagnoncles around 19 October 1918 to find the population near to starvation, and records that he and his fellow soldiers shared their rations with the local people.^[2]

Heraldry[]

	The arms of Cagnoncles are blazoned : Per pale highly indented argent and gules. (Cagnoncles, Landas, Raucourt-au-Bois and Thun-Saint-Amand use the same arms.)