Barastre

Barastre
Barastre
Commune
	The church of Barastre
	Coat of arms
	Location of Barastre
	Barastre Location within France Barastre Location within Hauts-de-France
	Coordinates: 50°04′39″N 2°56′00″E / 50.0775°N 2.9333°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	CC du Sud-Artois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Gislain Boury
Area 1	7.64 km2 (2.95 sq mi)
Elevation	119 m (390 ft)
Highest elevation	133 m (436 ft)
Lowest elevation	113 m (371 ft)
Population (2023)	308
• Density	40.3/km2 (104/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62082 /62124
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Barastre is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Geography

A farming village located 19 miles (30 km) southeast of Arras on the D20 road. The entire commune was destroyed during World War I.

History

During World War I, the village was occupied by British troops in March 1917, before being lost a year later to the Germans. The village was retaken on 5 September, following an advance by the 42nd British division (East Lancashire). Nearly 10 British soldiers are buried in this cemetery (one of whom was buried by the Germans in 1916). In the cemetery extension are the graves of 284 German soldiers, 46 French, 39 British, four New Zealanders and one Australian. The commune was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1920.