Editing Vimy (section)

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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Vimy
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image              = Vimy_Mairie_R02.jpg
|caption            = Vimy city hall
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Vimy (Pas-de-Calais).svg
|arrondissement     = Lens
|canton             = Liévin
|INSEE              = 62861
|postal code        = 62580
|mayor              = Christian Sprimont<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=4 May 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2021&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   = [[Communauté d'agglomération de Lens – Liévin|CA Lens-Liévin]]
|coordinates        = {{coord|50.3733|2.8114|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m        = 71
|elevation min m    = 49
|elevation max m    = 146
|area km2           = 11.33
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}

'''Vimy''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|iː|m|i}} or {{IPAc-en|ˈ|v|ɪ|m|i}}; {{IPA|fr|vimi}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the French [[Departments of France|department]] of [[Pas-de-Calais]].<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62861-vimy INSEE commune file]</ref> Located {{convert|3.8|km|sp=us}} west of Vimy is the [[Canadian National Vimy Memorial]] dedicated to the [[Battle of Vimy Ridge]] and the Canadian soldiers who were killed during the First World War. The Memorial is also the site of two Canadian cemeteries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.greatwar.co.uk/french-flanders-artois/memorial-canadian-national-vimy-memorial.htm |title=Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2015 |website=The Great War UK |access-date=31 March 2017 |quote=The ridge runs in a direction from Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the north-west to Farbus in the south-east.}}</ref>