Vaulx-Vraucourt

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Vaulx-Vraucourt

Total population

1,072

Elevation83 m

Land area14.11 km²

WeatherAvg high 59.2°F

Coordinates50.15°, 2.91°

Demographic figures from INSEE. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Vaulx-Vraucourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Arras and about 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of Bapaume.

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Climate

10-year averages from ERA5 reanalysis (Open-Meteo).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

H

Hélène Flautre

French politician and MEP

Landelin

French saint

P

Pierre-Joseph Laude

study master, teacher and librarian (1794-1870)

Michèle Bellon

French engineer

A

Abel Guidet

French politician (1890–1944)

Aubert Frère

French soldier (1881–1944)

C

Chrétien Le Clercq

French writing system inventor

F

François Vasse

French association football player (1907-1974)

G

Gérard Dalongeville

French politician

H

Henri Bachelet

French politician (1852–1930)

J

Jean-Baptiste Peugnet

French aristocrat

Jean-Jacques Cottel

French politician

Jean-Paul Delevoye

French politician

L

Léon Bronchart

V

Vindicianus

Belgian bishop and saint

Z

Zenobius Membre

French Recollect missionary friar, killed in Texas

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Hauts-de-France

• Mœuvres
  7.1 mi away · pop. 489
• Flesquières
  9.5 mi away · pop. 263
• Ribécourt-la-Tour
  10.2 mi away · pop. 376
• Saint-Laurent-Blangy
  11.4 mi away · pop. 6,507
• Fontaine-Notre-Dame
  11.4 mi away · pop. 1,763
• Maricourt
  12.8 mi away · pop. 179
• Mesnil-Martinsart
  13.2 mi away · pop. 236
• Corbehem
  14.4 mi away · pop. 2,266
• Férin
  14.4 mi away · pop. 1,447
• Englebelmer
  14.5 mi away · pop. 301
• Courchelettes
  15 mi away · pop. 2,881
• Bantigny
  15.4 mi away · pop. 507

Browse all places in Hauts-de-France →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Recently spotted species

Painted Lady

Vanessa cardui

Seen 2026-06-15

Blue Featherleg

Platycnemis pennipes

Seen 2026-05-24

Two-spotted Lady Beetle

Adalia bipunctata

Seen 2026-05-24

Early Bumble Bee

Bombus pratorum

Seen 2026-05-09

Latticed Heath

Chiasmia clathrata

Seen 2026-05-08

Seven-spotted Lady Beetle

Coccinella septempunctata

Seen 2026-05-08

Common Cardinal Beetle

Pyrochroa serraticornis

Seen 2026-05-08

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).

Gallery

Geotagged photos within ~6 miles of Vaulx-Vraucourt, from Wikimedia Commons contributors.

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Photos via Wikimedia Commons — see each image page for license & attribution.

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