Villers-Outréaux
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Villers-Outréaux
|commune status = Commune
|image = Villers-Outréaux (3 mai 2009) parade 001.jpg
|caption = The church in Villers-Outréaux
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Villers-Outréaux 59.svg
|arrondissement = Cambrai
|canton = Le Cateau-Cambrésis
|INSEE = 59624
|postal code = 59142
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Caudrésis–Catésis
|coordinates = {{coord|50.0342|3.3011|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 135
|elevation min m = 113
|elevation max m = 147
|area km2 = 7.09
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Villers-Outréaux ({{IPA|fr|vilɛʁ utʁeo}}) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59624-villers-outreaux INSEE commune file]
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-59624#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |2533
|1975 |2714
|1982 |2576
|1990 |2421
|1999 |2184
|2007 |2165
|2012 |2121
|2017 |2110
}}
Heraldry
{{Blazon-arms
|img1=Blason ville fr Villers-Outréaux 59.svg
|legend1=Arms of Villers-Outréaux
|text=The arms of Villers-Outréaux are blazoned :
Gules, a cross indented Or.
}}
History
A German airbase was in the town in WW-I.
=War memorial=
In September 2018 the villagers of Villers-Outréaux dedicated an especially commissioned memorial to commemorate British soldier Jack Williams (VC), (Victoria Cross), to express their thanks for helping to save their village from certain destruction, in 1918
See also
References
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