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Commune of Bapaume |
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| Country | France |
| Region |  Nord-Pas-de-Calais |
| Department |  Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Arras |
| Canton | Bapaume |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Région de Bapaume |
| Mayor | Jean-Paul Delevoye (UMP) (2008-2014) |
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| Elevation | 108 m–137 m (avg. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. France is divided into 26 regions or régions (in French of which 21 are in continental Metropolitan France, one is the island of Corsica, Nord-Pas de Calais (French Nord-Pas de Calais; Dutch Noord-Nauw van Kales) is one of the 26 regions of France. In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Pas-de-Calais is a department in northern France. Its name is the French language equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders The 100 French departments are divided into 342 arrondissements, which may be translated into English as districts. The arrondissement of Arras is an arrondissement of France located in the Pas-de-Calais département, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 341 arrondissements and 100 departments. The Canton of Bapaume is a canton situated in the department of the Pas-de-Calais and in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of northern The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. 122 m) |
| Land area¹ | 5,76 km² |
| Population² (2006) |
5000 |
| - Density | 751/km² |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 62080/ 62450 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0. As of January 1, 2008, 64473140 people live in the French Republic. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume The INSEE code is a numerical indexing code used by the French National Institute for Statistics and Economic Studies (INSEE to identify various entities including communes Postal codes were introduced in France in 1972, when La Poste introduced automated sorting. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. An estuary is a semi-enclosed Coastal body of Water with one or more Rivers or Streams flowing into it and with a free connection to the open | |
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. C D E | |
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Bapaume is a commune and the chief town of a canton in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. The following is a list of the 894 communes of the Pas-de-Calais département, in France. The following is a list of the 77 cantons (districts of the Pas-de-Calais department, in France, sorted by arrondissement: Pas-de-Calais is a department in northern France. Its name is the French language equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders In the context of the political and geographic organization of France and many of its former colonies a department (département depaʁtǝmɑ̃ is an Administrative division Nord-Pas de Calais (French Nord-Pas de Calais; Dutch Noord-Nauw van Kales) is one of the 26 regions of France. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
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Geography
A farming and light industrial town located 10 miles (16km) south of Arras at the junction of the A1 autoroute and the N17 and N30 national roads.
Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| 3275 | 3575 | 3689 | 3524 | 3509 | 4331 | 5000 |
| Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting | ||||||
History
The position of the town of Bapaume is a crossing point between Artois and the plains of Flanders on the one hand and the valley of the Somme and the Paris basin on the other. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1962 ( MCMLXII) was a Common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Population without double counting is an English translation of the phrase. Many routes pass through Bapaume, ancient roads between the two regions an more recently an autoroute in 1965. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The railway link was put into service in 1871 and upgraded to TGV in 1993. The TGV ( t rain à g rande v itesse, French for "high-speed train" is France 's High-speed rail service Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
The position of Bapaume meant it was subjected to many wars. Defences were built: a Roman camp, later, a feudal motte, then a castle on top of the feudal motte. nA motte-and-bailey is a form of Castle. Many were built in Britain, Ireland and France in the 11th and 12th centuries favored as a relatively It seems that Queen Matilda of Artois stayed there and that Joan of Arc did too. Mahaut of Artois (1268 – October 28, 1329, Paris) also known as Mathilda was the only daughter and eldest child of Robert II, Count Joan of Arc (c 1412 Joan asserted that she had visions from God that told her to recover her homeland from English domination late in the Hundred Years'
In 1335, Bapaume was fortified outside the castle walls. However, these fortifications were not very effective, the city was taken repeatedly. In 1540, Charles Quint ordered a fortified place to be built, with thick walls and bastions, including defensive systems developed such as tunnels and galleries. Charles V (24 February 1500 &ndash 21 September 1558 was These fortifications were later reinforced by Vauban. Sébastien Le Prestre Seigneur de Vauban and later Marquis de Vauban ( May 15, 1633 – March 30, 1707) commonly referred to
By the 19th century, Bapaume was no longer regarded as a fortified town. The 19th century of the Common Era began on January 1, 1801 and ended on December 31, 1900, according to the Gregorian calendar In 1847 the dismantling of the fortifications was therefore undertaken. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common It was conducted by the Army as part of manoeuvres and the testing of explosives. The walls and bastions were blown-up and the moats were filled in. Only the tower and part of the bastion of Dauphin are still visible. Work has been done recently to restore the underground galleries and make them accessible at the stronghold of La Reyne south-east of the city and at the bastion of Dauphin. These were used as underground shelter during both world wars.
The Battle of Bapaume
The Battle of Bapaume (1871) took place on the 2nd – 3rd January 1871, during the Franco-Prussian War in and around Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume and Bapaume. The Battle of Bapaume was a battle during the Franco-Prussian War which defeated French attempts to relieve the besieged city of Péronne. Year 1871 ( MDCCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War ( 19 July, 1870 — 10 May, 1871 Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France The Prussian advance was stopped by Genéral Louis Léon César Faidherbe at the head of the ‘’Armée du Nord’’. Louis Léon César Faidherbe ( June 3, 1818 &ndash September 29, 1889) was a French general and colonial administrator
World War I
In 1916, Bapaume was one of the objectives during the Battle of the Somme. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year The Battle of the Somme, also known as the Somme Offensive, fought from July to November 1916 was among the largest battles of the First World War
World War II
During World War II, Bapaume was a combat zone. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The mayor, Monsieur Guidet, a member of the Resistance, was arrested and sent to the camp at Gross-Rosen where he died on the 27th November, 1944. KL Gross-Rosen (Groß-Rosen was a German Concentration camp, located in Gross-Rosen, Lower Silesia (now Rogoźnica, Poland Year 1944 ( MCMXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In 1948, a monument that shows the time of his arrest was created in his memory. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The town hall has an urn containing soil from Gross-Rosen and a tableau featuring the mayor.
Places of interest
The statue of General Faidherbe
Inaugurated on September 27th 1891 and sculpted by Louis Noel. Year 1891 ( MDCCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common During the First World War, on September 29th 1916, the statue was requisitioned by the Germans, believing that it was bronze. The pedastal, pitted by shrapnel remained empty for 13 years. It was not until 1926 that the town decided to ask the sculptor Dechin to recreate the statue from the original plans. Year 1926 ( MCMXXVI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The new monument was inaugurated on August 18, 1929 by Paul Painlevé, then Minister of War. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Painlevé (5 December 1863 &ndash 29 October 1933 was a French Mathematician and politician During the redevelopment of the square in 1997, the statue was moved a few metres along. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar
Monument de Briquet et Taillandier
A monument was erected in front of the town hall in memory of Albert Taillandier and Raoul Briquet. They were both elected representatives of the Pas-de-Calais but of different opinions, Albert Taillandier was Conservative, Raoul was a Socialist. On an inspection mission to the fighting front on behalf of the National Assembly of France ]. The French National Assembly. The other is the Senate ( “Sénat”) They wanted to spend the night in the building but they were trapped and killed by an explosion in the town hall on March 25, 1917. Year 1917 ( MCMXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year
 Albert Taillandier |
 Raoult Briquet |
The church
The origin of the parish of Saint-Nicolas merges with the origin of the town. The first church was built when the town became important in the year 1085. The second church was built around the year 1600 but destroyed during the First World War. It was rebuilt on the same foundations between 1924 and 1929. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The only part of the old church surviving is a statue of Our Lady of Mercy.
Twinned with
Moers in Germany. Moers (also known as Mors or Mörs, in older texts also Murse or Meurs) is a town in the Wesel district in North Rhine-Westphalia Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe.
See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
External links
- Bapaume on the Quid website (French)
Notes
- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on June 2nd 2008. The following is a list of the 894 communes of the Pas-de-Calais département, in France. Bapaume is a commune and the chief town of a canton in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region The French Wikipedia (Wikipédia francophone Wikipédia en français is the French language edition of Wikipedia, spelled Wikipédia.
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