Courcelles-le-Comte

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Courcelles-le-Comte
Courcelles-le-Comte coat of arms
Courcelles-le-Comte (France)
Courcelles-le-Comte
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Bapaume
Community association Sud-Artois
Coordinates 50 ° 10 ′  N , 2 ° 47 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′  N , 2 ° 47 ′  E
height 99-137 m
surface 7.94 km 2
Residents 461 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 58 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62121
INSEE code
Website http://www.courcelles-le-comte.fr/2014/

Courcelles-le-Comte Town Hall (Mairie) and Saint-Sulpice Church

Courcelles-le-Comte is a French municipality with 461 inhabitants (as of January 1 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Arras and the Canton of Bapaume (until 2015: Canton of Croisilles ). The inhabitants are called Courcellois .

Geography, infrastructure

Courcelles-le-Comte is about 14 kilometers south of Arras . Courcelles-le-Comte is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Moyenneville in the north, Hamelincourt in the northeast, Ervillers in the east, Gomiécourt in the east and southeast, Achiet-le-Grand in the south, Achiet-le-Petit in the southwest and Ablainzevelle in the west.

Courcelles-le-Comte has a train station.

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2013
Residents 505 501 419 412 409 421 451 447
Source: Cassini and INSEE

Attractions

  • Saint-Sulpice church, built after the First World War
  • French national cemetery
  • British war cemetery
  • Remains of the old castle

Web links

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