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°E / 50.3556; 2.8014Coordinates: 50°21′20″N 2°48′05″E / 50.3556°N 2.8014°E / 50.3556; 2.8014
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vimy
Intercommunality	Arras
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Bernard Milleville
Area1	8.99 km2 (3.47 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,204
• Density	130/km2 (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

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thélus.

• 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)