Ploegsteert is a village

Village

A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet with the population ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand , Though often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighbourhoods, such as the West Village in Manhattan, New...

 in Belgium

Belgium

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 located in the municipality of Comines-Warneton

Comines-Warneton

Comines-Warneton is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Comines-Warneton had a total population of 17,562. The total area is 61.09 km² which gives a population density of 287 inhabitants per km². The name "Comines" is believed to have a...

 in the Hainaut province. It is approximately 2 kilometres north of the French border. Created in 1850 on part of the territory of Warneton

Comines-Warneton

Comines-Warneton is a Walloon municipality located in the Belgian province of Hainaut. On January 1, 2006, Comines-Warneton had a total population of 17,562. The total area is 61.09 km² which gives a population density of 287 inhabitants per km². The name "Comines" is believed to have a...

, it includes the hamlet of Le Bizet.

The nearby Ploegsteert Wood

Ploegsteert Wood

Ploegsteert Wood was a sector of the Western Front in Flanders in World War I, part of the Ypres Salient. After fighting in late 1914 and early 1915, it became a quiet sector where no major action took place...

 was the site of fierce WWI

World War I

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 fighting. Winston Churchill stayed there from January to May 1916. The Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing

Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing

The Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorial for the missing soldiers of World War I who fought in the immediate area of the Ypres Salient on the Western Front.The grounds were assigned to the United Kingdom in perpetuity by King Albert I of Belgium in...

 commemorates more than 11,000 missing British Commonwealth servicemen who died in the area during that time.

It was declared a sister city

Town twinning

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 of Wolverton

Wolverton, Milton Keynes

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, England, in 2006; this was partly initiated through the finding of letters from a 16-year-old soldier from Wolverton named Albert French. He is buried in Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Hyde Park Corner (Royal Berks) Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery

Hyde Park Corner Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission burial ground for the dead of the First World War located in the Ypres Salient on the Western Front....

, just outside the village.

The village is home to a carpentry museum.