Editing Vimy (section)

==Places of interest==
===Canadian National Vimy Memorial Park===
{{Main|Canadian National Vimy Memorial}}
[[File:Vimy Memorial (September 2010) cropped.jpg|thumb|left|Canadian National Vimy Memorial designed by [[Walter Seymour Allward]]]]
Set on the highest point of Vimy Ridge, the [[Canadian National Vimy Memorial]] is the largest of Canada's war monuments.<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> In 1922, use of the land for the battlefield park which contains the memorial was granted, in perpetuity, by the French nation to the people of Canada in recognition of Canada's war efforts.<ref name="DFAIT">{{cite web | title = Canada Treaty Information  | publisher = Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade | date = 2002-02-26 | url = http://www.treaty-accord.gc.ca/ViewTreaty.asp?Treaty_ID=102661 | access-date = 2008-01-04 }} {{Dead link|date=September 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> {{convert|250|acre|ha|abbr=off|order=flip}} of the former Vimy Ridge battlefield is preserved as part of the memorial park which surrounds the monument. The grounds of the site are still honeycombed with wartime tunnels, trenches and craters, closed off for public safety.

The project took designer [[Walter Seymour Allward]] 11 years to see built. (The total cost was $1.5&nbsp;million, which is over $20&nbsp;million in present terms.) King [[Edward VIII]] unveiled it on 26 July 1936 in the presence of French President [[Albert Lebrun]] and a crowd of over 50,000 including over 6200 Canadian veterans and their families.<ref>{{cite journal |last1 = Brown |first1 = Eric |last2=Cook |first2=Tim | title = The 1936 Vimy Pilgrimage | journal = Canadian Military History | volume = 20 | issue = 2 | pages = 33–54| publisher = Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies | date = Spring 2011}}</ref>

Following an extensive multi-year restoration, Queen [[Elizabeth II]] re-dedicated the monument on 9 April 2007 at a ceremony commemorating the 90th anniversary of the battle. A new $10&nbsp;million visitor center was completed before the 9 April 2017 commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the battle.<ref>{{citation|url=https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/corporate-branding-will-be-subtle-and-tasteful-at-new-vimy-ridge-centre-in-france |title=Corporate branding will be 'subtle' and 'tasteful' at new Vimy Ridge center in France |first=Blair |last=Crawford |date=11 January 2017 |access-date=31 March 2017 |publisher=Ottawa Citizen}}</ref> The event was anticipated to be attended by as many as 30,000 people.<ref>{{citation |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/03/31/toronto-photographer-commemorates-vimy-100th.html |title=Toronto photographer to open exhibition to commemorate battle of Vimy Ridge |date=31 March 2017 |publisher=Toronto Star |first=Alicja |last=Siekierska |access-date=1 April 2017 }}</ref> 
The official ceremony included comments by Canadian Prime Minister [[Justin Trudeau]], Governor General [[David Johnston (governor general)|David Johnston]] as representative of the [[Monarchy of Canada]], [[Charles, Prince of Wales|Prince Charles]] as representative of the [[Monarchy of the United Kingdom]], [[Prince William, Duke of Cambridge]], [[Prince Harry]], the President of France [[François Hollande]], and the Prime Minister of France [[Bernard Cazeneuve]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39541940 |title=Vimy Ridge: Royals commemorate defining WW1 battle |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=9 April 2017 |website=BBC |access-date=9 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://gg.ca/document.aspx?id=16771&lan=eng| author=Elizabeth II| title=Message from Her Majesty The Queen on the 100th Anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge| date=9 April 2017| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=9 April 2017}}</ref>

===Town of Vimy===
The territory of the commune or local authority of Vimy is urban. It had 4,265 inhabitants in 2017. Historic sites within its boundaries include:
* The church of St. Martin, rebuilt, along with much of the village, after [[World War I]]
* The remains of a thirteenth-century castle, destroyed in 1833, now the site of the current town hall