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Neuve Chapelle

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Population (2006)
  
1,374

Local time
  
Saturday 1:27 AM

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Laventie

Area
  
186 ha

Arrondissement
  
Béthune

Neuve-Chapelle

Intercommunality
  
Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois

Weather
  
7°C, Wind NE at 16 km/h, 85% Humidity

Neuve-Chapelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It was the site of a First World War battle in 1915.

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Map of 62840 Neuve-Chapelle, France

Geography

Neuve-Chapelle is situated some 8 miles (12.9 km) northeast of Béthune and 16 miles (25.7 km) southwest of Lille, near the junction of the D947 and D171 roads.

History

The village gave its name to a battle of the First World War that began on March 10, 1915, and in which it was captured, not for the first time, by the IV and I Indian Corps. It was later adopted by the County Borough of Blackpool and was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1922.

Places of interest

  • The church of St. Christophe, rebuilt, as was much of the commune, after World War I.
  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries and memorials.
  • The Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial of the British Indian Army.
  • Finds from the battlefield, in the mairie.

    • References

    Neuve-Chapelle Wikipedia
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