Thélus

Thélus
Coat of arms
Thélus
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Thélus
Coordinates: 50°21′20″N 2°48′05″E / 50.3556°N 2.8014°ECoordinates: 50°21′20″N 2°48′05″E / 50.3556°N 2.8014°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vimy
Intercommunality	Arras
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Milleville
Area^1	8.99 km^2 (3.47 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	1,204
• Density	130/km^2 (350/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62810 / 62580
Elevation	88–143 m (289–469 ft) (avg. 121 m or 397 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Thélus is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Thélus lies 5 miles (8.0 km) north of Arras, at the junction of the N17 and D49 roads. Junction 7 of the A26 autoroute is less than a mile away. The commune was at the heart of the battle of Vimy Ridge.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
659	703	853	887	998	1022	1204
Census count starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Ranulphe, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after World War I.
• Two memorials to the Canadians who fell during the First World War.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

• INSEE commune file

External links

• Nine Elms CWGC cemetery
• Zivy Crater CWGC cemetery
• Lichfield Crater CWGC cemetery
• Bois-Carré CWGC cemetery
• The CWGC military cemetery at Thélus
• The communal cemetery
• Thélus on the Quid website (French)