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Monchy-le-Preux
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Monchy-le-Preux is a commune in France, situated within the Pas-de-Calais department and the Hauts-de-France region. It belongs to the arrondissement of Arras, the canton of Vitry-en-Artois, and the Communauté urbaine d'Arras. The municipality has an area of 9.26 square kilometers and an elevation above sea level of 113 meters. It shares borders with the neighboring communes of Pelves, Boiry-Notre-Dame, Fampoux, and Feuchy.
The population of Monchy-le-Preux is recorded as 719, comprising 320 males and 331 females. The commune uses the postal code 62118 and is associated with the electoral district of canton of Arras-2. Monchy-le-Preux received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918.
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Place details
- Locality
- Monchy-le-Preux
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 561
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Key facts
- French commune.name
- Monchy-le-Preux
- French commune.commune status
- Commune
- French commune.image
- Monchy-le-Preux, Eté2016 place de la mairie.jpg
- French commune.caption
- The townhall
- French commune.image coat of arms
- Blason Monchy-le-Preux.svg
- French commune.arrondissement
- Arras
- French commune.canton
- Arras-2
- French commune.INSEE
- 62582
- French commune.postal code
- 62118
- French commune.mayor
- Olivier Degauquier
- French commune.term
- 2020–2026
- French commune.intercommunality
- CU d'Arras
- French commune.elevation m
- 107
- French commune.elevation min m
- 52
- French commune.elevation max m
- 113
- French commune.area km2
- 9.26
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Monchy-le-Preux
- Country
- France
- Located in
- Communauté urbaine d'Arras
- Population
- 679
- Area
- 9.26
- Elevation
- 88
- Shares border with
- Boiry-Notre-Dame
- Image
- Monchy02.JPG
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- Commons category
- Monchy-le-Preux
- postal code
- 62118
- associated electoral district
- canton of Arras-2
- male population
- 320
- female population
- 331
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-21-55-80-00
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
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Monchy-le-Preux () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France southeast of Arras.
==History== During the First World War, ten Commonwealth soldiers, from Newfoundland territory while still independent from Canada fought off a German counterattack in April 1917 and kept the village from German occupation.
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