Monchy-le-Preux

Monchy-le-Preux is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Monchy-le-Preux is situated 6 miles (10 km) southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D33 and the D339 roads. Junction 15 of the A1 autoroute is just a mile away.

History

Monchy was an important strategic position near to Arras during the 1914-18 war and bloody fighting ensued around the village. It was from here that the Germans bombarded Arras and destroyed the belltower. Just outside Monchy, on the D939, a carved Vauthier Stone marks the boundary of the advancing German army during the First World War.

Population

Places of interest

The caribou monument to the Newfoundland Regiment

Monchy-le-Preux (hamlet)

Monchy-le-Preux is a hamlet in the commune of Campneuseville, in the Seine-Maritime department of France.

It was a former commune of Normandy, and has been joined to Campneuseville in 1823.

Notes

Coordinates: 49°52′50″N 1°40′0″E / 49.88056°N 1.66667°E / 49.88056; 1.66667