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Bouchoir () is a
commune A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to: Administrative-territorial entities * Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township ** Communes of ...
in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern
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Geography

Bouchoir is situated on the D329 junction with the D934 road, some southwest of
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History

The village of Bouchoir passed into German hands on 27 March 1918 but was recovered by the
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on 9 August 1918. The New British Cemetery was created just after Armistice to bury the dead from villages south of Bouchoir and the battlefields around it. It contains 763 burials from the
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and was designed by
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Population


See also

* Communes of the Somme department


References

Communes of Somme (department) {{Péronne-geo-stub