Bermicourt
Commune
Chateau de Bermicourt
Coat of arms
Location of Bermicourt
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Coordinates: 50°24′35″N 2°13′51″E / 50.4097°N 2.2308°E / 50.4097; 2.2308
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
Intercommunality	CC du Ternois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Arnaud Fauquembergue[1]
Area 1	5.53 km2 (2.14 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2021)[2]	169
• Density	31/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62114 /62130
Elevation	95–142 m (312–466 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bermicourt (French pronunciation: [bɛʁmikuʁ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.^[3]

Geography

A small farming village located 28 miles (47 km) northwest of Arras on the D98 road.

History

On 15 September 1916, during the First World War, shortly before Haig's attack on Flers, the British Tank Corps, equipped with its new 'secret weapon', the tank, and commanded by General Hugh Elles set up its headquarters at Chateau de Bermicourt. At that time the chateau belonged to Count Jean de Hauteclocque. The headquarters remained stationed there until the end of the war.^[4]

Population

Sights

• The church of Notre-Dame, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The château.