Quéant

Quéant
Coat of arms of Quéant Coat of arms
Quéant
Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region Quéant
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Marquion
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Marquion
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Michel Lancel
Area1	9.02 km2 (3.48 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	591
• Density	66/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	62673 / 62860
Elevation	62–102 m (203–335 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Quéant is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Quéant is situated 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D14 and D22 roads. Quéant Mountain is a mountain in Canada named after the town.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
615	632	561	548	506	549	591
Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The church of St.Leger, rebuilt after destruction in the First World War.
• The Quéant Road Cemetery, overseen by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
• Battle of Drocourt-Quéant Line (1918)

References

• INSEE.fr, commune file

External links

• CWGC.org, The CWGC extension to the communal cemetery
• Quid.fr, Quéant on the Quid website (French)