Back نوفيل سان فاس Arabic نوفيل سان فاس ARZ Neuville-Saint-Vaast AST Neuville-Saint-Vaast BR Neuville-Saint-Vaast Catalan Невиль-Сен-Вааст CE Neuville-Saint-Vaast CEB Neuville-Saint-Vaast Czech Neuville-Saint-Vaast German Neuville-Saint-Vaast DIQ
Neuville-Saint-Vaast | |
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 Town hall and the church | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Neuville-Saint-Vaast  | |
  Neuville-Saint-Vaast  Neuville-Saint-Vaast | |
| Coordinates: 50°21′22″N 2°45′32″E / 50.3561°N 2.7589°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Arras |
| Canton | Arras-1 |
| Intercommunality | CU Arras |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Pierre Puchois[1] |
Area 1 | 12.59 km2 (4.86 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 1,626 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62609 /62580 |
| Elevation | 81–144 m (266–472 ft) (avg. 107 m or 351 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Neuville-Saint-Vaast (French pronunciation: [nøvil sɛ̃ va]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[3] 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) 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[4] 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.[5][6]
The Neuville-St Vaast German war cemetery (also called Maison Blanche) is the largest in France from WWI, with 44,833 buried here.[7]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ "Fast Facts - Canadian National Vimy Memorial - Veterans Affairs Canada". 20 February 2019.
- ^ "Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France". The Great War UK. 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
The ridge runs in a direction from Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the north-west to Farbus in the south-east.
- ^ "Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France".
- ^ "Neuville-Saint-Vaast German Military Cemetery "La Maison Blanche"".