Villers-lès-Cagnicourt (, literally ''Villers near
Cagnicourt
Cagnicourt () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais ''département'' in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
A farming village located 11 miles (18 km) southeast of Arras at the junction of the D13 with the D14E.
Population
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Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...
department
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Government and military
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in the
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...
Villers-lès-Cagnicourt is situated some southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D939 and D13 roads.
History
The village church has plaques dedicated to several Canadian soldiers decorated for valour in the fighting nearby in 1918, including
Sergeant
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10th Battalion, CEF
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Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Martin, rebuilt, along with much of the village, after World War I.