Clary, Nord

Clary is a commune of the Nord department in northern France.

Clary
Commune
The town hall in Clary
Coat of arms
Location of Clary
Clary
Clary
Coordinates: 50°04′41″N 3°24′03″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementCambrai
CantonLe Cateau-Cambrésis
IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération du Caudrésis - Catésis
Government
 • Mayor (2020-2026) Marie-Jo Déprez
Area
1
9.93 km2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,092
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59149 /59225
Elevation115–152 m (377–499 ft)
(avg. 123 m or 404 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Heraldry
Arms of Clary
 The arms of Clary are blazoned :

Azure, 7 bezants (3,3,1) and a chief Or. (Clary and Illies use the same arms.)

World War I

The commune was liberated from German occupation by 5th/6th Battalion, Scottish Rifles, on 9 October 1918. The Place de la Mairie was renamed Place des Ecossais in their honour. When King George V visited Clary in November 1918, the same battalion was drawn up in the place to welcome him. Among those liberated was a British soldier who had been in hiding since the Battle of Le Cateau in August 1914.[2][3]

See also

Notes
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Seton-Hutchinson, p. 138.
  3. Edmonds & Maxwell-Hyslop, p. 220.

References
  • INSEE commune file
  • Brig-Gen Sir James E. Edmonds & Lt-Col R. Maxwell-Hyslop, History of the Great War: Military Operations, France and Belgium 1918, Vol V, 26th September–11th November, The Advance to Victory, London: HM Stationery Office, 1947/Imperial War Museum and Battery Press, 1993, ISBN 1-870423-06-2.
  • Lt-Col Graham Seton-Hutchinson, The Thirty-Third Division in France and Flanders, 1915–1919, London: Waterlow & Sons 1921/Uckfield: Naval & Military Press, 2004, ISBN 978-1-84342-995-1.


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