Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée

{{More sources|date=June 2025}}{{More categories|date=June 2025}}{{Infobox French commune

|name = Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée

|commune status = Commune

|image = Centre de Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée.JPG

|caption = The centre of Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée

|image coat of arms = Blason Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée.svg

|arrondissement = Béthune

|canton = Douvrin

|INSEE = 62373

|postal code = 62149

|mayor = Emmanuel Herbaut{{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=16 December 2022|language=fr}}

|term = 2022–2026

|intercommunality = CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane

|coordinates = {{coord|50.5294|2.7586|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 27

|elevation min m = 19

|elevation max m = 31

|area km2 = 3.89

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

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Givenchy-lès-la-Bassée ({{IPA|fr|ʒivɑ̃ʃi lɛ la base}}, literally Givenchy near La Bassée; {{langx|pcd|Givinchy-lès-l’Bassée}}) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/62373-givenchy-les-la-bassee INSEE commune file]

Geography

A farming village situated {{convert|4|km}} west of La Bassée, {{convert|8|km}} east of Béthune and {{convert|25|km}} southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D166 and the D167 roads. The Canal d'Aire flows past the commune, forming its southern border.

History

The village was first chronicled in the year 870 as "Juventiacum".{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}

During the First World War, it was completely destroyed, as this was the only part of the entire front that withheld the force of the German offensive in the spring of 1918. The courageous stand of the 55th (West Lancashire) Division is commemorated by a memorial in the village. For much of the war, the village was an area of fierce underground warfare. In 1916, William Hackett was awarded the Victoria Cross for an action at Givenchy. The Tunnellers Memorial at Givenchy, unveiled on 19 June 2010, commemorates Hackett's action.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tunnellersmemorial.com/memorial-details/|title=Memorial Details | Tunnellers Memorial}}

During the Second World War, at the time of the withdrawal of British troops towards Dunkirk, the school, mayor's office and the memorial village hall were again destroyed. After the devastation of that war, the citizens of Liverpool donated reading books and money to the town of Givenchy-les-la-Bassee. The town hall of Givenchy has a plaque on the front wall thanking the City of Liverpool for its kindness and support for the town.

In 2008, a small group of students from Liverpool went to Givenchy on behalf of the City of Liverpool on the 90th anniversary of the First World War. Finally, the community of Givenchy still to this day has meetings with Liverpool's Lord Mayor and unity between the two places are still strong

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-62373#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |521

|1975 |554

|1982 |748

|1990 |803

|1999 |813

|2007 |843

|2012 |998

|2017 |1012

}}

References

External links

[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/2027291 The CWGC graveyard in the communal cemetery]

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