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 / 50.191°N 3.311°E / 50.191; 3.311
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 km2 (2.41 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2020)[2]	621
• Density	100/km2 (260/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 km2 (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

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.)