Ervillers

Ervillers
Commune
The centre of Ervillers
Coat of arms
Location of Ervillers
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Coordinates: 50°09′42″N2°49′28″E / 50.1617°N 2.8244°E / 50.1617; 2.8244
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	CC Sud-Artois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Lefort [1]
Area 1	7.13 km2 (2.75 sq mi)
Population  (2021) [2]	390
• Density	55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62306 /62121
Elevation	77–115 m (253–377 ft) (avg. 98 m or 322 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ervillers is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. ^[3]

Geography

A farming village situated 11 miles (18 km) south of Arras at the junction of the N17, D36 and D9 roads.

History

Prehistoric fossils have been found here, including elephant teeth. Roman objects such as coins, vases, skeletons and evidence of buildings have also been unearthed. This demonstrates that Ervillers was inhabited in Roman times, especially at the place called "Capieau".
The parish was first recorded in the 12th century.
The seigneurie of Ervillers has passed down through the families of Viéville, Lalaing, Egmont, Luxembourg, and Diesbach-Belleroche. On 28 August 1654 Ervillers saw a visit from Louis XIV and the Queen mother, who lunched there while travelling on to Péronne and Arras, where the siege had been lifted by Marshal Turenne.
Ervillers also has several underground shelters. They were probably old quarries and were turned into "muches." One of these caves was about 20 meters underground and had 9 rooms, a corridor, a stable and animal pens. Wells provided both ventilation and a water supply.
In December 1870 the Prussians pillaged the village. Ervillers was also the theatre of operations during the Battle of Bapaume (1871) in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71.
The First World War saw the village suffer total destruction.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	398	—
1975	386	−0.44%
1982	390	+0.15%
1990	434	+1.35%
1999	449	+0.38%
2007	388	−1.81%
2012	398	+0.51%
2017	399	+0.05%
Source: INSEE [4]

Places of interest

• The church of St. Martin, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after World War I.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
• Arthur Henry Cross - who won the Victoria Cross at Ervillers in 1918

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 9 August 2021.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• The CWGC cemetery at Ervillers