Agny

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Coordinates: 50°15′39″N 2°45′37″E / 50.2608333333, 2.76027777778

Commune of Agny
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Arras-Sud
Intercommunality	Communauté urbaine d'Arras
Mayor	Pierre Berquez (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	65 m–98 m (avg. 81 m)
Land area¹	6,05 km²
Population² (1999)	1954
- Density	322/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62013/ 62217
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Agny is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Population 4 Places of interest 5 See also 6 External links 7 Notes

[edit] Geography

A farming village located 3miles (5km) southwest of Arras, at the D3 and D60 road junction.

[edit] History

The Great War 1914 – 1918. War broke out in August 1914 and in September the troops massed onto the territory. Agny quickly found itself on the front line. As it was on a railway line, it offered the chance of rapidly approaching the theatre of operations.
In October 1914, a violent fighting allowed the German army to advance. A mortal battle took place on September 25, 1915. The French 135th Infantry Regiment lost 38 officers and 1162 men killed, wounded or missing. Despite the fierce fighting during the conflict, the town hall, built in 1860, was not destroyed.
The Second World War. When this conflict broke out, the invading Germans soon occupied the commune. Networks of resistance were quickly set in place. The mayor, Philibert Cleret carried out some particularly dangerous actions but was eventually captured. He was arrested, interned, and then deported. He died at Buchenwald on March 10, 1945.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1033	1083	1291	1232	1963	1954
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Laurent, rebuilt in the 20th century.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Agny on the Insee website (French)
• Agny on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on May 31st 2008.