Warlencourt-Eaucourt

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Serge Deroubay^[1]Area3.71 km² (1.43 sq mi)Population132 • Density36/km² (92/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation92–128 m (302–420 ft)
(avg. 106 m or 348 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Warlencourt-Eaucourt (French pronunciation: [waʁlɑ̃kuʁ okuʁ]; Picard: Warlencourt-Iaucourt) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

Warlencourt-Eaucourt is situated some 16 miles (26 km) south of Arras, at the junction of the D929 and the D10E roads.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	102	—
1975	85	−2.57%
1982	84	−0.17%
1990	81	−0.45%
1999	107	+3.14%
2007	146	+3.96%
2012	167	+2.72%
2017	138	−3.74%
Source: INSEE[4]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Pierre, rebuilt, along with the rest of the village, after World War I.
• The Warlencourt British Cemetery, in which over 3,000 soldiers who died during World War I are buried.
• The war memorials:
  • A pyramid with a Catholic cross on the Rue du Calvaire. Erected on August 30, 1925 to commemorate WWI dead (4 percent of the pre-war population), also commemorates WWII dead.^[5]
  • Butte de Warlencourt memorial, commemorating the 1916 battle on the ancient burial mound^[5]

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

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