Athies, Pas-de-Calais

French commune
name= Athies
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Arras-Nord
insee=62042
cp=62223
maire=Jean-Marc Parmentier
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Arras
longitude=2.83694444444
latitude=50.3030555556
alt moy=51 m
alt mini=47
alt maxi=103 m
hectares=434
km²=4.34
sans=930
date-sans=1999
dens=214|

Athies is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

Geography

A village located 2 miles (3km) east of Arras at the junction of the D37 and D42 roads.

History

Initially, Athies was called "Atheiae", a word taken from Latin which means ’’hut’’, which indicates than it was a marshy area with shacks for fishermen or peat-gatherers.
In 1493, the village was looted and burned by German soldiers from the garrison of Arras.
A castle stood at the place now called "the Barony". The old church that was destroyed during the 1914-18 war had been built in 1786 just before the French Revolution. Whilst many churches were destroyed during this time, this new church was spared.
The village was invaded several times over the centuries, especially by the Spanish in the 17th century and was all but destroyed during World War I.

Population

Places of interest

* The Scottish Monument. Along the Arras - Douai road, the N50, stands a monument created on orders of officers of the 9th Scots Division in memory of the sacrifices made during the First World War.
* The church of St.Christopher, dating from the 20th century.
* The World War I cemetery.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.athies.fr/ Athies official website] fr
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=25201&mode=1 Commonwealth war graves – Athies cemetery]
* [http://perso.orange.fr/memoiresdepierre/alphabetnew/a/athiesmonumentecossais.html The Scottish monument] fr
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=62042&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Athies on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26541&req=Athies Athies on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia."