Monchy-le-Preux

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Olivier Degauquier^[1]Area9.26 km² (3.58 sq mi)Population658 • Density71/km² (180/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation52–113 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 (French pronunciation: [mɔ̃ʃi lə pʁø]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

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

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	465	—
1975	423	−1.34%
1982	455	+1.05%
1990	487	+0.85%
1999	521	+0.75%
2007	571	+1.15%
2012	676	+3.43%
2017	651	−0.75%
Source: INSEE[4]

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.
• Windmill British Cemetery

• 
  The caribou monument to the Newfoundland Regiment
• 
  The commemorative plaque

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

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