- Pelves
French commune
name= Pelves
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Vitry-en-Artois
insee=62650
cp=62118
maire=Renée Comelli
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Osartis
longitude=2.915
latitude=50.2913888889
alt moy=48 m
alt mini=42 m
alt maxi=99 m
hectares=660
km²=6,6
sans=716
date-sans=1999
dens=108|Pelves is a commune and chief town of a canton in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village situated Convert|6|mi|km|0 east of Arras, at the junction of the D33E and C4 roads, in the valley of the river
Scarpe and just south of the junction of the A1 and theA26 autoroute s.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Vaast, rebuilt along with the entire village, after
World War I .
* TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2027502&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the local cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27138&req=Pelves Pelves on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on June 30th 2008."
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