Hendecourt-lès-Ransart

Hendecourt-lès-Ransart
Hendecourt-lès-Ransart
Location within Hauts-de-France region Hendecourt-lès-Ransart
Coordinates: 50°12′21″N 2°43′59″E / 50.2058°N 2.7331°E / 50.2058; 2.7331Coordinates: 50°12′21″N 2°43′59″E / 50.2058°N 2.7331°E / 50.2058; 2.7331
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Beaumetz-lès-Loges
Intercommunality	Vertes vallées
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Pierre Barrois
Area¹	2.21 km² (0.85 sq mi)
Population (2004)²	128
• Density	58/km² (150/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62425 / 62175
Elevation	90–124 m (295–407 ft) (avg. 122 m or 400 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.

Hendecourt-lès-Ransart is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A small farming village situated 7 miles (11 km) south of Arras, on the D4 road.

History

The etymology of the name begins as ‘’’Hetnanicurtis’’, the small area (curtis) belonging to someone by the name of Hetna, in the Merovingian time. The name has changed over the years: Hendecourdelle (1300); Hendecourdel (1300, 1380, 1450, 1457, 1552, 1556, 1574, 1578); Hendecordel (1338, 1400); Hennecourt (1500); Hendecorde (1565); Hennnecordel (1723); Hendecourt (1804); Hendecourt-Lez-Ransart in the 19th century and finally Hendecourt-Les-Ransart.
The first chateau was probably built around 1703 by Louis-Joseph Le Sergeant of Hendecourt on the site of an earlier manor house. The chateau and its farm were sold in 1878 to the Diesbach de Belleroche family from Fribourg Switzerland, who still own it today.
The entire village and chateau were completely destroyed between 1914-1918 then rebuilt. The old flour mill was dismantled in 1912.

Population

Historical population of Hendecourt-lès-Ransart
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2004
Population	126	132	120	118	123	125	128
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The church of Notre-Dame, rebuilt along with the rest of the village, after World War I.
The chateau.

References

INSEE commune file

External links

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Hendecourt-lès-Ransart on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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