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 ...
France
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A small farming village situated southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D939 and the D9 roads.
Population
Places of interest
* The
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations m ...
cemetery, which contains 97 known burials of the First World War, roughly 25 unknown burials and a memorial to 4 men who are believed to be buried in the cemetery.
* The church of St.Michel, rebuilt, as was the entire village, after
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
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See also
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Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt
The Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) burial ground for the dead of World War I located between the Commune in France, communes of Vis-en-Artois and Haucourt (Pas-de-Calais), Haucourt in the ...