Achiet-le-Petit
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Arras | |
| Canton | Bapaume | |
| Community association | Sud-Artois | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 7 ′ N , 2 ° 45 ′ E | |
| height | 97-139 m | |
| surface | 7.25 km 2 | |
| Residents | 303 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 42 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62121 | |
| INSEE code | 62006 | |
Achiet-le-Petit is a commune in the French Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the canton of Bapaume in the Arrondissement of Arras . It borders in the northwest with Ablainzevelle , in the northeast with Courcelles-le-Comte , in the east with Achiet-le-Grand , in the southeast with Bihucourt (point of contact) and Grévillers , in the south with Irles , in the southwest with Miraumont and in the west with Bucquoy .
The Paris – Lille line passes Achiet-le-Petit in the south-east. Achiet train station is located in Achiet-le-Grand.
Population development
| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2008 | 2013 |
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| Residents | 407 | 358 | 358 | 355 | 348 | 328 | 331 | 320 |
Military cemetery
The local military cemetery was created after the Battle of the Somme during World War I for 1,314 Germans who fell. It contains individual graves, each with a metal cross. See also list of war cemeteries in France .
Personalities
- Guillaume-Marie-Joseph Labouré (1841–1906), clergyman
- Karl Albert de Longueval (1607–1663), Knight of the Order of the Golden Fleece , owned goods, also in Achiet-le-Petit.
