Neuve-Chapelle | |
Native Name: | Nieuwkappel |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Neuve-Chapelle.svg |
Arrondissement: | Béthune |
Canton: | Beuvry |
Insee: | 62606 |
Postal Code: | 62840 |
Mayor: | Tanguy Robiquet[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane |
Coordinates: | 50.5844°N 2.7811°W |
Elevation M: | 19 |
Elevation Min M: | 17 |
Elevation Max M: | 20 |
Area Km2: | 1.86 |
Neuve-Chapelle (vls|Nieuwkappel) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2] It was the site of a First World War battle in 1915.
Neuve-Chapelle is situated some 8miles northeast of Béthune and 16miles southwest of Lille, near the junction of the D947 and D171 roads.
The village gave its name to a battle of the First World War that began on 10 March 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.