A farming village located 19 miles (30 km) southeast of Arras on the D20 road. The entire commune was destroyed during World War I.
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During World War I, the village was occupied by British troops in March 1917, before being lost a year later to the Germans. The village was retaken on 5 September, following an advance by the 42nd British division (East Lancashire). Nearly 10 British soldiers are buried in this cemetery (one of whom was buried by the Germans in 1916). In the cemetery extension are the graves of 284 German soldiers, 46 French, 39 British, four New Zealanders and one Australian. The commune was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1920.
barastre, commune, calais, department, hauts, france, region, northern, france, communethe, church, coat, armslocation, show, franceshow, hauts, francecoordinates, 0775, 9333, 0775, 9333countryfranceregionhauts, francedepartmentpas, calaisarrondissementarrasca. Barastre is a commune in the Pas de Calais department in the Hauts de France region in northern France 3 BarastreCommuneThe church of BarastreCoat of armsLocation of BarastreBarastreShow map of FranceBarastreShow map of Hauts de FranceCoordinates 50 04 39 N 2 56 00 E 50 0775 N 2 9333 E 50 0775 2 9333CountryFranceRegionHauts de FranceDepartmentPas de CalaisArrondissementArrasCantonBapaumeIntercommunalityCC du Sud ArtoisGovernment Mayor 2020 2026 Gislain Boury 1 Area17 64 km2 2 95 sq mi Population 2021 2 321 Density42 km2 110 sq mi Time zoneUTC 01 00 CET Summer DST UTC 02 00 CEST INSEE Postal code62082 62124Elevation113 133 m 371 436 ft avg 119 m or 390 ft 1 French Land Register data which excludes lakes ponds glaciers gt 1 km2 0 386 sq mi or 247 acres and river estuaries Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Population 4 Sights 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksGeography editA farming village located 19 miles 30 km southeast of Arras on the D20 road The entire commune was destroyed during World War I History editDuring World War I the village was occupied by British troops in March 1917 before being lost a year later to the Germans The village was retaken on 5 September following an advance by the 42nd British division East Lancashire Nearly 10 British soldiers are buried in this cemetery one of whom was buried by the Germans in 1916 In the cemetery extension are the graves of 284 German soldiers 46 French 39 British four New Zealanders and one Australian The commune was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1920 Population editHistorical populationYearPop p a 1968334 1975308 1 15 1982267 2 02 1990223 2 23 1999232 0 44 2009249 0 71 2014296 3 52 2020319 1 26 Source INSEE 4 Sights editThe ruins of an early castle The church of St Martin dating from the twentieth century The war memorial See also editCommunes of the Pas de Calais departmentReferences edit Repertoire national des elus les maires data gouv fr Plateforme ouverte des donnees publiques francaises in French 2 December 2020 Populations legales 2021 The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies 28 December 2023 INSEE commune file Population en historique depuis 1968 INSEEExternal links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Barastre The CWGC cemetery nbsp This Arras arrondissement Pas de Calais geographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Barastre amp oldid 1204027633, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
