Cagnoncles Explained

Cagnoncles
Commune Status:Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:Blason famille fl de Landas.svg
Arrondissement:Cambrai
Canton:Caudry
Insee:59121
Postal Code:59161
Mayor:Bruno Lefebvre[1]
Term:2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:CA Cambrai
Coordinates:50.191°N 3.311°W
Elevation M:67
Elevation Min M:47
Elevation Max M:86
Area Km2:6.23

Cagnoncles (in French pronounced as /kaɲɔ̃kl/) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[2] It contains 11 Commonwealth war graves from the First World War.

History

Private A S Bullock in his World War I memoir recalls arriving in Cagnoncles around 19 October 1918 to find the population near to starvation, and records that he and his fellow soldiers shared their rations with the local people.[3]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022. fr.
  2. https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59121-cagnoncles INSEE commune file
  3. Bullock, A S, Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, The History Press, 2009, page 79