| 词条 | Longueval | |||||||||||||||||||||
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|name = Longueval |commune status = Commune |image = South African Commemorative Museum (September 2010) 1.JPG |caption = South African Commemorative Museum |image coat of arms = |arrondissement = Péronne |canton = Péronne |INSEE = 80490 |postal code = 80360 |mayor = Jean Blondel |term = 2001–2008 |intercommunality = Haute Somme |coordinates = {{coord|50.0261|2.8042|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 150 |elevation min m = 123 |elevation max m = 157 |area km2 = 8.53 |population = 271 |population date = 2006 }} Longueval is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. GeographyLongueval is located {{convert|38|km|abbr=on}} northwest of Amiens on the D919 road, at the junction with the D8. Longueval is found in the north-east of the département, almost equidistant to the surrounding towns of Péronne (to the east), Albert (west) and Bapaume (north). Population
Heraldry{{Blazon-arms| img1 = Blason boves.svg | l1 = 120px | legend1 = | text = The coat of arms of the community were derived from the House of Longueval, Counts of Buquoy (later Bucquoy),[1] and are blazoned as:Barry of six pieces vair and gules. }} HistoryThe village was almost completely destroyed during World War I. World War I sitesCaterpillar Valley Cemetery is located outside Longueval, on the road to Bazentin.[2]. There cemetery also contains a Memorial to the Missing from New Zealand, recording the names of 1272 men lost in 1916.[3] The body for the New Zealand Tomb of the Unknown Warrior was taken from here. South of Longueval is the Longueval Road Cemetery. In the centre of the village is the Pipers' Memorial, built to commemorate bagpipers who fought in the First World War. Longueval was chosen because it was retaken by the 9th (Scottish) Division in July 1916. To the east of the village is the South African War Memorial Delville Wood. See also
References
1. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=V_RBAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA271&lpg=PA271&dq=Azure+four+vires+Argent&source=bl&ots=CP_VRbehz1&sig=xPB5Nv2VJ5IAaeAb3Mr0yQxzkQQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=HVO1VKDLGojfyATzvoGYBw&ved=0CB0Q6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=Azure%20four%20vires%20Argent&f=false Armorial universel: précédé d'un traité complet de la science du ...], Volume 2; By Joseph Louis Edouard Jouffroy d'Eschavannes, page 274. 2. ^Caterpillar Valley Cemetery at CWGC website 3. ^{{cite book |last= McGibbon |first= Ian |title= New Zealand Battlefields and Memorials of the Western Front |accessdate= |edition= |origyear= |year= 2001|publisher= Oxford University Press |location= Auckland |isbn= |oclc= |page= |pages= 58,83 }} External links{{commonscat}}
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