Cagnoncles

Cagnoncles
Commune
The town hall in Cagnoncles
Coat of arms
Location of Cagnoncles
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Coordinates: 50°11′28″N 3°18′40″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Caudry
Intercommunality	CA Cambrai
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Bruno Lefebvre[1]
Area ^1	6.23 km^2 (2.41 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	662
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59121 /59161
Elevation	47–86 m (154–282 ft) (avg. 67 m or 220 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Cagnoncles (French pronunciation: [kaɲɔ̃kl]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[3] It contains 11 Commonwealth war graves from the First World War.

History

Private A S Bullock in his World War I memoir recalls arriving in Cagnoncles around 19 October 1918 to find the population near to starvation, and records that he and his fellow soldiers shared their rations with the local people.[4]

Heraldry

Arms of Cagnoncles

The arms of Cagnoncles are blazoned : Per pale highly indented argent and gules. (Cagnoncles, Landas, Raucourt-au-Bois and Thun-Saint-Amand use the same arms.)

See also

• Communes of the Nord department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Bullock, A S, Gloucestershire Between the Wars: A Memoir, The History Press, 2009, page 79