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Vimy 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....
 and chief town of a canton
Cantons of France

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 342 Arrondissements of France and 100 Departments of France.Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as Constituency for the election of...
 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....
.

rming town, situated some north of Arras, at the junction of the D51 and the N17
Route nationale 17

The Route nationale 17, or RN17, is a trunk road in France connecting Paris to the frontier with Belgium....
 roads.

The town was first mentioned in 1183 as ‘’Viniarcum’’ and was the scene of much fighting during the fourteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, between the French, English, Dutch and Spanish forces.
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....
 took place southeast of Vimy and was an important battle of the First World War for Canadian military history.






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Vimy 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....
 and chief town of a canton
Cantons of France

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 342 Arrondissements of France and 100 Departments of France.Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as Constituency for the election of...
 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 & History

Pas De Calais Est
A farming town, situated some north of Arras, at the junction of the D51 and the N17
Route nationale 17

The Route nationale 17, or RN17, is a trunk road in France connecting Paris to the frontier with Belgium....
 roads.

The town was first mentioned in 1183 as ‘’Viniarcum’’ and was the scene of much fighting during the fourteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, between the French, English, Dutch and Spanish forces.
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....
 took place southeast of Vimy and was an important battle of the First World War for Canadian military history. The town was practically destroyed during the fighting in the area.

Places of interest

Canadian National Vimy Memorial Park

Set on the highest point of Vimy Ridge is the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, the largest of Canada's war monuments. In 1922, use of the land, for the battlefield park which contains the memorial was granted, in perpetuity, for all time by the French nation to the people of Canada in recognition of Canada's war efforts. of the former Vimy Ridge battlefield is preserved as part of the memorial park which surrounds the monument. The grounds of the site are still honeycombed with wartime tunnels, trenches and craters, closed off for public safety.

The memorial took eleven years and $1.5 million to build and was unveiled on 26 July 1936 by King Edward VIII (prior to his abdication), in the presence of President Albert Lebrun
Albert Lebrun

Albert Lebrun was a France politician, President of France from 1932 to 1940, and as such was the last president of the French Third Republic. He was a member of the center-right Democratic Republican Alliance ....
 of France and 50,000 or more Canadian and French veterans and their families.

The memorial site is tended by Veterans Affairs Canada
Veterans Affairs Canada

The Department of Veterans Affairs , also referred to as Veterans Affairs Canada , is the Ministry within the government of Canada with responsibility for pensions/benefits and Service for war veterans, retired personnel of the Canadian Forces and Royal Canadian Mounted Police, their families, as well as some civilians....
.

Town of Vimy
  • The church of St.Martin, rebuilt, along with much 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....
    .
  • The remains of a thirteenth century castle, destroyed in 1833, now the site of the current town hall.


Population

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
3009 3272 3316 3621 4581 4675
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....


Twinned with

  • Horley
    Horley

    Horley is a town in Surrey, England, situated south of the twin towns of Reigate and Redhill, Surrey, and north of London Gatwick Airport and Crawley....
     in Surrey
    Surrey

    Surrey is a counties of England in the South East England of England and is one of the Home Counties. The county borders Greater London, Kent, East Sussex, West Sussex, Hampshire, and Berkshire....
    , England
    England

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    .
  • Fischach
    Fischach

    Fischach is a Municipalities of Germany in the district of Augsburg in Bavaria in Germany....
     in Bavaria
    Bavaria

    Bavaria , with an area of and almost 12.5 million inhabitants, is a region located in the southeast of Germany and is the largest States of Germany of Germany by area....
    , Germany
    Germany

    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
    .


See also

  • Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
  • Canadian National Vimy Memorial
  • 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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