Thélus Explained

Thélus
Commune Status:	Commune
Image Coat Of Arms:	Blason Thélus.svg
Arrondissement:	Arras
Canton:	Arras-2
Insee:	62810
Postal Code:	62580
Mayor:	Bernard Milleville^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Arras
Coordinates:	50.3556°N 2.8014°W
Elevation M:	121
Elevation Min M:	88
Elevation Max M:	143
Area Km2:	8.99

Thélus (in French pronounced as /tely/) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[2] It is located 4km (02miles) southeast of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the missing First World War Canadian soldiers with no known grave; the Memorial is also the site of two Canadian cemeteries.^[3]

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

• • Nine Elms CWGC cemetery
• Zivy Crater CWGC cemetery
• Lichfield Crater CWGC cemetery
• Bois-Carré CWGC cemetery
• The CWGC military cemetery at Thélus
• The communal cemetery

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/cog/commune/COM62810-thelus INSEE commune file
3. Web site: Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France . . 2015 . The Great War UK . The Great War UK . 31 March 2017 . The ridge runs in a direction from Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the north-west to Farbus in the south-east..