Bapaume
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Bapaume is a small town in northern France located in the Pas-de-Calais department. It is historically significant as the site of major battles during World War I, though the provided context does not elaborate on these details.
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Place details
- Locality
- Bapaume
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 4,157
- Timezone
Article
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.