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Bapaume
Sign in to saveBapaume (; original Dutch name Batpalmen) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
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Bapaume is a commune in France, situated within the Pas-de-Calais department and the arrondissement of Arras. It serves as the capital of the canton of Bapaume and is located in the Hauts-de-France region. The town has a population of 4,272, comprising 2,063 males and 1,824 females. Its area is 5.76 square kilometers, and it shares borders with Favreuil, Ligny-Thilloy, Riencourt-lès-Bapaume, and Avesnes-lès-Bapaume.
The administrative head of government is Jean-Paul Delevoye. Bapaume is twinned with Moers and Anstruther. The commune is described in the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Elevation data varies by source, with figures of 137 meters and 124 meters above sea level recorded. The local timezone is Europe/Paris.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bapaume
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,157
- Timezone
- Europe/Paris
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Bapaume
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Bapaume.svg
- French commune.image
- le beffroi de bapaume.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The Town Hall
- French commune.arrondissement
- Arras
- French commune.canton
- Bapaume
- French commune.INSEE
- 62080
- French commune.postal code
- 62450
- French commune.mayor
- Jean-Jacques Cottel
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CC du Sud-Artois
- French commune.elevation m
- 122
- French commune.elevation min m
- 108
- French commune.elevation max m
- 137
- French commune.area km2
- 5.76
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Official website
Accueil - mairie de bapaume
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Bapaume
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Arras
- Population
- 3779
- Area
- 5.76
- Elevation
- 125
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Head of government
- Jean-Paul Delevoye
- Shares border with
- Biefvillers-lès-Bapaume
- Official website
- www.bapaume.fr
- Image
- Le beffroi de bapaume.jpg
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- twinned administrative body
- Anstruther
- Commons category
- Bapaume
- postal code
- 62450
- associated electoral district
- canton of Bapaume
- topic's main category
- Category:Bapaume
- male population
- 2063
- female population
- 1824
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-21-50-58-80
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Encyclopedic overview
34 sectionsContents
- Geography
- The Bapaume threshold
- Toponymy
- History
- Early Bapaume
- The Counts of Flanders
- The Kingdom of France and the County of Artois
- The Hundred Years' War
- The Dukes of Burgundy
- Administration by the Netherlands
- Bapaume and the Kingdom of France
- The Fortifications
- The French Revolution
- The Battle of Bapaume on 2 and 3 January 1871
- World War I
- World War II
- Heraldry
- Administration
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Demography
- Distribution of Age Groups
- Economy
- Sites and monuments
- The Town Hall and belfry
- The statue of General Faidherbe
- Monument to Briquet and Taillandier
- The Church of Saint Nicolas
- The War memorial
- Other sites of interest
- Notable people linked to the commune
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
Bapaume (; original Dutch name Batpalmen) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
==Geography== Bapaume is a farming and light industrial town located some 23 km south by south-east of Arras and 50 km north-east of Amiens. Access to the commune is by the D 917 road from Ervillers in the north which passes through the commune in a zig-zag then continues south-east to Beaulencourt. The D 930 goes east by north-east to Frémicourt. The D 929 branches off the D 917 at the edge of the commune and goes south-west to Warlencourt-Eaucourt. The A1 autoroute passes south down the eastern edge of the commune and serves the city by the exit 14.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bapaume” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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