Anneux

French commune
nomcommune=Anneux
région=Nord-Pas-de-Calais
département=Nord
arrondissement=Cambrai
canton=Marcoing
insee=59010
cp=59400
maire=Roger Oblez
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Cambrai
longitude=3.12666666667
latitude=50.155
alt moy=
alt mini=56
alt maxi=99 m
hectares=544
km²=5.44
sans=226
date-sans=1999
dens=42
date-dens=1999

Anneux is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

Its church is dedicated to Saint Rita, saint of lost causes.

Pierre Colar (b. 1921) has been its mayor for years.

History

Anneux was among the villages fought over at the western end of the Battle of Cambrai (1917).

External links

* [http://pascal91000.free.fr/anneux.htm Anneux website] (in French)
* [http://penhey.name/omiwxb262Div8(p).htm Anneux in the Battle of Cambrai]