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Thélus is a commune
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais département

The following is a list of the 894 Communes of France of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, in France. Communaut? urbaine of Arras, created in 1998....
 in the Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais

Pas-de-Calais is a Departments of France in northern France. Its name is the French language equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders....
 département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
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Thélus is a commune
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais département

The following is a list of the 894 Communes of France of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, in France. Communaut? urbaine of Arras, created in 1998....
 in the Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais

Pas-de-Calais is a Departments of France in northern France. Its name is the French language equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders....
 département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

Geography

A farming village, some north of Arras, at the junction of the N17
Route nationale 17

The Route nationale 17, or RN17, is a trunk road in France connecting Paris to the frontier with Belgium....
 and D49 roads. Junction 7 of the A26 autoroute
A26 autoroute

The A26 is a 394 km long France motorway connecting Calais and Troyes. It is also known as the Autoroute des Anglais as it is the main route from the Dover-Calais ferries and the channel tunnel to most parts of France and often contains large numbers of United Kingdom cars, particularly during the summer holiday season....
 is less than a mile away. The commune was at the heart of the battle of Vimy Ridge
Battle of Vimy Ridge

The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought as part of the Battle of Arras , in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War....
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Population

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
659 703 853 887 998 1022 1189
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting
Population without double counting

Population without double counting is an English translation of the phrase :fr:Population sans doubles comptes.In France, for census purposes, the INSEE has defined several population indicators that allow for the double counting of certain personnel, in order to study the phenomenon and to keep count of population movement....


Places of interest

  • The church of St.Ranulphe, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after World War I
    World War I

    World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
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  • Two memorials to the Canadians who fell during the First World War.
  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission

    The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is a joint governmental organisation responsible for marking and maintaining the graves of members of the Commonwealth of Nations' military forces that died in the two world wars, to build memorials to those with no known grave, and to keep records of the war dead....
     cemeteries.


See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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