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Monchy le Preux

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Local time
  
Thursday 5:49 AM

Arrondissement
  
Arras

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Vitry-en-Artois

Area
  
9.26 km²

Population
  
521 (1999)

Monchy-le-Preux

Intercommunality
  
Communauté urbaine d'Arras

Weather
  
4°C, Wind S at 3 km/h, 98% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Monchy-le-Preux, 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.

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.

    • References

    Monchy-le-Preux Wikipedia
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