Gommecourt (Pas-de-Calais)

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Gommecourt
Gommecourt Coat of Arms
Gommecourt (France)
Gommecourt
region Hauts-de-France
Department Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement Arras
Canton Avesnes-le-Comte
Community association Sud-Artois
Coordinates 50 ° 8 ′  N , 2 ° 39 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 8 ′  N , 2 ° 39 ′  E
height 124-155 m
surface 3.35 km 2
Residents 96 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 62111
INSEE code 62375

Town hall ( Mairie ) and former school

Gommecourt is a French commune in the Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Arras and the canton of Avesnes-le-Comte . The inhabitants are called Gommecourtois .

geography

Gommecourt is located about 22 kilometers southwest of Arras on the border with the Somme department . Gommecourt is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Foncquevillers and Hannescamps in the west and northwest, Bucquoy in the east, Puisieux in the southeast and Hébuterne in the south.

history

Gommecourt was the scene of fierce fighting during the First World War and formed the westernmost point on the German western front . In the summer of 1916, the Battle of the Somme raged just south of Gommecourt .

  • Western Front 1915/16

  • British battle plan for the Battle of the Somme

  • Map of the battlefield

  • Course of the Battle of the Somme

Attractions

In Gommecourt is a military cemetery of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission .

Saint Martin Church

Personalities

The German officer Karl von Freyburg from the Mecklenburg noble family (Schlottmann) von Freyburg fell on October 7, 1914 in Gommecourt in the " Race to the Sea ".

Others

Gommecourt is mentioned in the song Butcher's Tale (Western Front 1914) from the album Odessey and Oracle by the British rock band The Zombies .

Main road

Web links

Commons : Gommecourt  - collection of images, videos and audio files