Warlencourt-Eaucourt Explained

Warlencourt-Eaucourt
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Warlencourt-Eaucourt.svg
Arrondissement:	Arras
Canton:	Bapaume
Insee:	62876
Postal Code:	62450
Mayor:	Serge Deroubay^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Sud-Artois
Coordinates:	50.0833°N 2.7908°W
Elevation M:	106
Elevation Min M:	92
Elevation Max M:	128
Area Km2:	3.71

Warlencourt-Eaucourt (in French pronounced as /waʁlɑ̃kuʁ okuʁ/; Warlencourt-Iaucourt) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[2]

Geography

Warlencourt-Eaucourt is situated some 16miles south of Arras, at the junction of the D929 and the D10E roads.

The church of St. Pierre, rebuilt, along with the rest of the village, after World War I.
The Warlencourt British Cemetery, in which over 3,000 soldiers who died during World War I are buried.
The war memorials:
- A pyramid with a Catholic cross on the Rue du Calvaire. Erected on August 30, 1925 to commemorate WWI dead (4 percent of the pre-war population), also commemorates WWII dead.^[3]
- Butte de Warlencourt memorial, commemorating the 1916 battle on the ancient burial mound