Neuve-Chapelle

Neuve-Chapelle Nieuwkappel
Commune
The centre of Neuve-Chapelle
Coat of arms
Location of Neuve-Chapelle
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Coordinates: 50°35′04″N 2°46′52″E / 50.5844°N 2.7811°E / 50.5844; 2.7811
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Beuvry
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Tanguy Robiquet[1]
Area 1	1.86 km2 (0.72 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,419
• Density	760/km2 (2,000/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62606 /62840
Elevation	17–20 m (56–66 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Neuve-Chapelle (West Flemish: Nieuwkappel) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3] It was the site of a First World War battle in 1915.

Neuve-Chapelle is situated some 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Béthune and 16 miles (26 km) southwest of Lille, near the junction of the D947 and D171 roads.

The village gave its name to a battle of the First World War that began on 10 March 1915, and in which it was captured, not for the first time, by the IV and I Indian Corps. It was later adopted by the County Borough of Blackpool and was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1922.

• The church of St. Christophe, rebuilt, as was much of the commune, after World War I.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries and memorials.
• The Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial of the British Indian Army.
• Finds from the battlefield, in the mairie.

• Battle of Neuve Chapelle (1915)
• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Neuve-Chapelle.

• Website about the battle of Neuve-Chapelle
• The CWGC Indian memorial
• Neuve-Chapelle Farm CWGC cemetery
• The CWGC British cemetery