Hébuterne

Hébuterne
Hébuterne
Commune
	The church of Hébuterne
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hébuterne
	Hébuterne Hébuterne
	Coordinates: 50°07′34″N 2°38′11″E / 50.1261°N 2.6364°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Avesnes-le-Comte
Intercommunality	CC Sud-Artois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Denis Caron
Area 1	11.04 km2 (4.26 sq mi)
Population (2021)	521
• Density	47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62422 /62111
Elevation	114–156 m (374–512 ft) ; (avg. 144 m or 472 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Hébuterne (French pronunciation: [ebytɛʁn]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Geography

A farming village situated 24 kilometres (15 miles) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D27 and the D28 roads.

History

Formerly within the ancient county of Artois, the village was redesignated within the new Department of the Pas de Calais after the French Revolution.

First World War

For most of the First World War, Hébuterne was in the front line of the Western Front and occupied by the Allied Forces entrenched on the eastern side of the village facing the Imperial German Army 800 yards beyond occupying the village of Gommecourt. In mid-summer 1916, the 56th (London) Division of the British Army carried out an attack from Hébuterne in an attempt to capture Gommecourt as a part of the Battle of the Somme offensive, which failed with severe losses.

By the war's end, the village was a complete wreck due to the violence to which it had been subject during its front line career, and it had to be completely re-built in the 1920s.