Grand-Rullecourt (; pcd, Grand-Roucourt) is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
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** Communes of ...
in the
Pas-de-Calais department in the
Hauts-de-France region of
France
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Geography
Grand-Rullecourt is a farming village situated southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D74 and D79 roads.
Population
Places of interest
* The chateau, built in 1746 by Antoine-Constant de Hamel, next to the previous castle, to plans by Jean-Joseph de Watelet, mayor of the city of Arras. After the French Revolution
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, the chateau was sold as a national asset, (Antoine's son having died on the scaffold). His grandson bought it back but couldn't afford to keep it. It later belonged to Captain Wallerand de Hauteclocque, who was killed during World War I
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. After the war, the property was sold in parts. The present owners, Vicomte Patrice de Saulieu O'Toole and his wife Chantal, are currently restoring the main building.
* The church of St.Leger, dating from the seventeenth century.
* A network of tunnels, particularly under the church.
Image:gd-rullecourt02.jpg, The front of the chateau
Image:gd-rullecourt01.jpg, The rear facade
See also
* Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
References
External links
Photos of the tunnels
Grandrullecourt
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