Editing Givenchy-en-Gohelle

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{{Infobox French commune
|name               = Givenchy-en-Gohelle
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Givenchy-en-Gohelle (Pas-de-Calais).svg
|image              = Givenchy-en-Gohelle église2.jpg
|caption            = 17th century Église Saint-Martin
|commune status     = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|arrondissement     = Lens
|canton             = Liévin
|INSEE              = 62371
|postal code        = 62580
|mayor              = Pierre Senechal<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/en/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=9 August 2021|language=fr}}</ref>
|term               = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality   = [[Communauté d'agglomération de Lens – Liévin|CA Lens-Liévin]]
|coordinates        = {{coord|50.3936|2.7731|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m        = 97
|elevation min m    = 48
|elevation max m    = 148
|area km2           = 5.95
|population         = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date    = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Givenchy-en-Gohelle''' ({{IPA|fr|ʒivɑ̃ʃi ɑ̃ ɡɔɛl}}, {{lit|Givenchy in [[:fr:Gohelle|Gohelle]]}}; {{langx|pcd|Givinchy-in-Gohelle}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Pas-de-Calais]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Hauts-de-France]] region of [[France]].<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62371-givenchy-en-gohelle INSEE commune file]</ref> The village was destroyed during World War I but was rebuilt after the war.<ref name="ctvnews.ca">{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/french-village-decked-out-in-canadiana-to-mark-vimy-ridge-centennial-1.3356814|title=French village decked out in Canadiana to mark Vimy Ridge centennial|date=5 April 2017}}</ref>

==Geography==
Givenchy-en-Gohelle is a large farming village situated {{Convert|6|mi|km}} north of [[Arras]], at the junction of the D51 and the D55 roads. Its neighboring communes are [[Souchez]] to the west, [[Angres]] to the northwest, [[Liévin]] to the north, [[Avion, Pas-de-Calais|Avion]] to the east and [[Vimy]] to the southeast.

The ''Bois de Givenchy'' or Givenchy Forest, covers much of the commune on its northern side. To further the agricultural range of products, the commune of Givenchy-en-Gohelle have planted [[grape]]s ([[chardonnay]] and [[pinot gris]]). The first grape harvest took place in 2000.

==First World War==
During the [[First World War]], Givenchy-en-Gohelle  was on the front line between German and [[Allies of World War I|Allied forces]] during the battles of Arras and was severely damaged, particularly during the [[Battle of Vimy Ridge]] in 1917. For much of the First World War, the village also was the site of sustained [[tunnel warfare|underground fighting]] between German and [[Tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers|British tunneling units]]. Givenchy-en-Gohelle was taken by the 2nd Canadian Division on 13 April 1917. Over 150 war casualties (1914–1918) are commemorated at the Canadian cemetery here and 109 from the Battle of Vimy Ridge are buried here.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/memorials/overseas/first-world-war/france/givenchy|title=Givenchy-en-Gohelle Canadian Cemetery - Memorials In France - First World War Memorials Overseas - Memorials Overseas - Memorials - Remembrance - Veterans Affairs Canada|first=Veterans Affairs|last=Canada|date=26 January 2024 }}</ref>

The centennial commemoration of the Battle of Vimy Ridge was held at the [[Canadian National Vimy Memorial]] near the village on 9 April 2017.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-39541940| title=Vimy Ridge: Royals commemorate defining WW1 battle| date=9 April 2017| publisher=BBC| access-date=9 April 2017}}</ref> Estimates before the event indicated that up to 30,000 would attend.<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>

By early April 2017, the village had been decorated with 500 Canadian flags.<ref name="ctvnews.ca"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://globalnews.ca/news/3362739/givenchy-en-gohelle-canadian-flags-vimy-ridge/|title=French town plastered with over 500 Canadian flags for Vimy Ridge anniversary}}</ref>

==Population==
{{Historical populations
| source = INSEE<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62371#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| percentages = pagr
| align = none
|1968 |1555
|1975 |1627
|1982 |1755
|1990 |1973
|1999 |2051
|2007 |2093
|2012 |2024
|2017 |1947
}}

==Places of interest==
* The [[Canadian National Vimy Memorial]] to commemorate  First World War Canadian dead and missing, presumed dead, in France.<ref name=Canada>{{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>
* The church of St. Martin, dating from the seventeenth century.
* The [[Commonwealth War Graves Commission]] Canadian memorial and cemeteries.

==See also==
*[[Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Givenchy-en-Gohelle}}
* [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2027290 The CWGC burials in the churchyard]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/62201 The CWGC cemetery at Souchez]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/62201 The Vimy Memorial on the CWGC site]
* [http://confrerie.givenchy.free.fr/ The local winegrowers' website] {{in lang|fr}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060212051830/http://www.mairie-de-givenchy.com/ Official commune website] {{in lang|fr}}
* [http://www.agglo-lenslievin.fr Regional website] {{in lang|fr}}

==Gallery==
<gallery heights="180" widths="180">
Givenchy-en-Gohelle_Mairie_R01.jpg|Town hall
Givenchy-en-Gohelle_Eglise_R03.jpg|Saint-Martin church
Givenchy-en-Gohelle_Monument_aux_Morts_R01.jpg|War memorial
</gallery>

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