Monchy-le-Preux

Monchy-le-Preux
Commune
Stone marking the limit of the German advance in World War I
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 50°16′14″N 2°53′39″E / 50.2706°N 2.8942°E / 50.2706; 2.8942Coordinates: 50°16′14″N 2°53′39″E / 50.2706°N 2.8942°E / 50.2706; 2.8942
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Arras-2
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine d'Arras
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Zéchel
Area 1	9.26 km2 (3.58 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	649
• Density	70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62582 /62118
Elevation	52–113 m (171–371 ft) (avg. 107 m or 351 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Monchy-le-Preux is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

Monchy-le-Preux is situated 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D33 and the D339 roads. Junction 15 of the A1 autoroute is just a mile away.

History[]

Monchy was an important strategic position near to Arras during the 1914-18 war and bloody fighting ensued around the village. During the Battle of Arras it was from here that the Germans bombarded Arras and destroyed the belltower. Just outside Monchy, on the D939, a carved Vauthier Stone marks the boundary of the advancing German army during the First World War.

Population[]

Places of interest[]

• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
• The church of St.Martin, rebuilt along with much of the village, after World War I.
• Monchy-le-Preux (Newfoundland) Memorial commemorating the sacrifice of the soldiers of the Newfoundland Regiment on 14 April 1917.
• Two chapels.
• Remains of an old chateau.

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  The caribou monument to the Newfoundland Regiment

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  The commemorative plaque

See also[]

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References[]

• INSEE commune file

External links[]

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• The CWGC cemetery

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