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Neuville-Saint-Vaast

Field	Value
name	Neuville-Saint-Vaast
commune status	Commune
image	Neuvillesaintvaast-mairie.jpg
caption	Town hall and the church
image coat of arms	Blason Neuville-Saint-Vaast.svg
arrondissement	Arras
canton	Arras-1
INSEE	62609
postal code	62580
mayor	Jean-Pierre Puchois
term	2020–2026
intercommunality	CU Arras
coordinates
elevation m	107
elevation min m	81
elevation max m	144
area km2	12.59
population
population date
population footnotes

|image coat of arms = Blason Neuville-Saint-Vaast.svg

Neuville-Saint-Vaast () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France 3.2 km south of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge. The Memorial was built on Hill 145, the highest point of the ridge to commemorate the battle and the Canadian soldiers who lost their lives during the First World War. The Memorial is also the site of the Canadian Cemetery No. 2, Neuville-St.-Vaast and Givenchy Road Canadian Cemetery, Neuville-St.-Vaast.

The Neuville-St Vaast German war cemetery (also called Maison Blanche) is the largest in France from WWI, with 44,833 buried here.

Geography

Neuville-Saint-Vaast is 4 mi north of Arras. Vimy Ridge rises from Neuville-St.-Vaast to its high point at Hill 145 (the location of the Canadian Memorial), where there is a steep drop off.

History

In World War I, Neuville-Saint-Vaast was the location of intense mining activity by the tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers. In March 1916, the New Zealand Tunnelling Company relieved the French 7/1 compagnie d'ingénieurs territoriaux in the "Labyrinth" sector of the Western Front. The German "Labyrinth" stronghold was located near Neuville-Saint-Vaast, between Roclincourt and Écurie and not far from Notre Dame de Lorette. The 176th Tunnelling Company moved to Neuville-Saint-Vaast in April 1916 and remained there for a considerable time,

Population

| 1968|927 | 1975|973 | 1982|1129 | 1990|1295 | 1999|1400 | 2007|1477 | 2012|1510 | 2017|1526

Places of interest

Canadian National Vimy Memorial
Neuville-St Vaast German war cemetery

Notable people

Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, sculptor, died in the fighting here on the 5 June 1915.
François Hennebique, an inventor of reinforced concrete, was born here on the 26 April 1842.

References

(2 December 2020). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires".
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62609-neuville-saint-vaast INSEE commune file]
(20 February 2019). "Fast Facts - Canadian National Vimy Memorial - Veterans Affairs Canada".
. (2015). ["Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France"](http://www.greatwar.co.uk/french-flanders-artois/memorial-canadian-national-vimy-memorial.htm).
"Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France".
"Neuville-Saint-Vaast German Military Cemetery "La Maison Blanche"".
Byledbal, Anthony. "New Zealand Tunnelling Company: Chronology".
"The Tunnelling Companies RE". The Long, Long Trail.
[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62609#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

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