- Gavrelle
French commune
name= Gavrelle
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Vimy
insee=62369
cp=62580
maire=Vincent Théry
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté urbaine d'Arras
longitude=2.88694444444
latitude=50.33
alt moy=61 m
alt mini=49 m
alt maxi=97 m
hectares=902
km²=9,02
sans=475
date-sans=1999
dens=52|Gavrelle is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village situated Convert|6|mi|km|1 northeast of Arras, at the junction of the N50 and the D33 roads. The motorway junction of the
A26 autoroute and theA1 autoroute is less than a mile away.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Vaast, dating from the 20th century.
* TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://gavrelle.ifrance.com/ Website of the commune of Gavrelle] fr
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2027288&mode=1 The CWGC burials in the communal graveyard]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26863&req=Gavrelle Gavrelle on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on June 20th 2008."
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