Hébuterne

Hébuterne
Coat of arms of Hébuterne Coat of arms
Hébuterne
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Hébuterne
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Pas-en-Artois
Intercommunality	Deux Sources
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Jean-Luc Tabary
Area1	11.04 km2 (4.26 sq mi)
Population (2012)2	515
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62422 / 62111
Elevation	114–156 m (374–512 ft) (avg. 144 m or 472 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Hébuterne is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D27 and the D28 roads.

History

Formerly within the ancient county of Artois, the village was redesignated within the new Department of the Pas de Calais after the French Revolution.

First World War

File:Hébuterne église.jpg

The rebuilt church

For most of the First World War, Hébuterne was in the front line of the Western Front and occupied by the Allied Forces entrenched on the eastern side of the village facing the Imperial German Army 800 yards beyond occupying the village of Gommecourt. In mid-summer 1916, the 56th (London) Division of the British Army carried out an attack from Hébuterne in an attempt to capture Gommecourt as a part of the Battle of the Somme offensive, which failed with severe losses.

By the war's end the village was a complete wreck due to the violence to which it had been subject during its front line career and it had to be completely re-built in the 1920s.

Population

Historical population of Hébuterne

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2008	2011	2013
Population	604	575	516	486	456	465	528	559	521	515
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The church of St Vaast, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• The CWGC cemetery
• Hébuterne on the Quid website (French)