Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt

French commune
name= Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Marquion
insee=62384
cp=62147
maire=Jean-Marcel Dumont
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de Marquion
longitude=3.11027777778
latitude=50.1452777778
alt moy=79 m
alt mini=61 m
alt maxi=101 m
hectares=1157
km²=11,57
sans=617
date-sans=1999
dens=53|

Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village situated Convert|22|mi|km|1 southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D15 and C5 roads. The A26 autoroute junction with the A2 autoroute is only half a mile from the commune.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Martin, rebuilt along with the rest of the village after World War I.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=25602&mode=1 “Sucrerie” CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=35701&mode=1 “Sanders Keep” CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27394&req=Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on June 20th 2008."