Clary, Nord

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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Coat of arms

Location of Clary

(2020–2026) Marie-Jo Déprez^[1]Area

9.93 km² (3.83 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

1,086 • Density110/km² (280/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

59149 /59225

Elevation115–152 m (377–499 ft)
(avg. 123 m or 404 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Clary (French pronunciation: [klaʁi]) is a commune of the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

Heraldry

The arms of Clary are blazoned :

Azure, 7 bezants (3,3,1) and a chief Or. (Clary and Illies use the same arms.)

World War I

The commune was liberated from German occupation by 5th/6th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, on 9 October 1918. The Place de la Mairie was renamed Place des Ecossais in their honour. When King George V visited Clary in November 1918, the same battalion was drawn up in the place to welcome him. Among those liberated was a British soldier who had been in hiding since the Battle of Le Cateau in August 1914.^[4]^[5]

Notes

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Seton-Hutchinson, p. 138.
^ Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, p. 220.

References

Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop, History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918, Vol V, 26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993, ISBN 1-870423-06-2.
Lt-Col Graham Seton-Hutchinson, The Thirty-Third Division in France and Flanders, 1915–1919, London: Waterlow & Sons 1921/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2004, ISBN 978-1-84342-995-1.