Longueval
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Longueval (French pronunciation: [lɔ̃ɡval]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
01Geography
Longueval is located 38 km (24 mi) northwest of Amiens on the D919 road, at the junction with the D8.
Longueval is found in the north-east of the département, almost equidistant to the surrounding towns of Péronne (to the east), Albert (west) and Bapaume (north).
02Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 307 | , |
| 1975 | 267 | −1.97% |
| 1982 | 278 | +0.58% |
| 1990 | 237 | −1.97% |
| 1999 | 248 | +0.51% |
| 2007 | 268 | +0.97% |
| 2012 | 280 | +0.88% |
| 2017 | 271 | −0.65% |
| 2023 | 292 | +1.25% |
| Source: INSEE | ||
03Heraldry
| The coat of arms of the community were derived from the House of Longueval, Counts of Buquoy (later Bucquoy), and are blazoned as:
Bendy of six vair and gules. |
04History
The village was almost completely destroyed during World War I.
World War I sites
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery is located outside Longueval, on the road to Bazentin. The cemetery also contains a Memorial to the Missing from New Zealand, recording the names of 1272 men lost in 1916. The body for the New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior was taken from here.
South of Longueval is the Longueval Road Cemetery. In the centre of the village is the Pipers' Memorial, built to commemorate bagpipers who fought in the First World War. Longueval was chosen because it was retaken by the 9th (Scottish) Division in July 1916. To the east of the village is the South African War Memorial Delville Wood.
On 21 October 2010, the Footballers' Battalions Memorial was unveiled at Longueval, near Delville Wood, to commemorate those from the Footballers' Battalions who had fought and died in the Great War.
Sources and credits
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- South African Commemorative Museum (September 2010) 1.JPG by Carcharoth (Commons), CC BY-SA 3.0
- Blason fam fr Longueval.svg by Unknown author, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Daily Mail Postcard - The Main Street, Longueval.jpg by Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain
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