Grévillers

Grévillers
Coat of arms
Grévillers
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Grévillers
Coordinates: 50°06′23″N 2°48′43″E / 50.1064°N 2.8119°ECoordinates: 50°06′23″N 2°48′43″E / 50.1064°N 2.8119°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région de Bapaume
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Paul Lequette
Area^1	6.35 km^2 (2.45 sq mi)
Population (1999)^2	331
• Density	52/km^2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62387 / 62450
Elevation	108–136 m (354–446 ft) (avg. 119 m or 390 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Grévillers is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 15 miles (24 km) south of Arras, at the junction of the D10 and three small roads.

Population

Historical population of Grévillers

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
Population	363	362	331	330	326	331
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the seventeenth century.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.
• Memorial to General Aubert Frere, born here in 1881.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery at Grévillers
• South Africans buried in Grevillers British Cemetery
• The memorial to Gen. Frere (French)
• Grévillers on the Quid website (French)