Neuve-Chapelle

Neuve-Chapelle
Neuve-Chapelle
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region  Neuve-Chapelle
Coordinates: 50°35′04″N 2°46′52″E / 50.5844°N 2.7811°ECoordinates: 50°35′04″N 2°46′52″E / 50.5844°N 2.7811°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Laventie
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de l'Artois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Maurice Morel
Area^1	1.86 km^2 (0.72 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,374
• Density	740/km^2 (1,900/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62606 / 62840
Elevation	17–20 m (56–66 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 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.

Neuve-Chapelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. It was the site of a First World War battle in 1915.

Geography

Neuve-Chapelle is situated some 8 miles (12.9 km) northeast of Béthune and 16 miles (25.7 km) southwest of Lille, near the junction of the D947 and D171 roads.

History

The village gave its name to a battle of the First World War that began on March 10, 1915, and in which it was captured, not for the first time, by the IV and I Indian Corps. It was later adopted by the County Borough of Blackpool and was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1922.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
440	462	471	548	864	958	1374
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St. Christophe, rebuilt, as was much of the commune, after World War I.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries and memorials.
• The Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial of the British Indian Army.
• Finds from the battlefield, in the mairie.

See also

• Battle of Neuve Chapelle (1915)
• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Website about the battle of Neuve-Chapelle
• The CWGC Indian memorial
• Neuve-Chapelle Farm CWGC cemetery
• The CWGC British cemetery
• The war memorial (French)
• Neuve-Chapelle on the Quid website (French)
• NB — All maplinks can be found by clicking on the coordinates link at the top of the page.