Robecq

Robecq
Commune
The church of Robecq
Coat of arms
Location of Robecq
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Coordinates: 50°35′48″N 2°33′51″E / 50.5967°N 2.5642°E / 50.5967; 2.5642
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Béthune
Canton	Lillers
Intercommunality	CA Béthune-Bruay, Artois-Lys Romane
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Hervé Deroubaix[1]
Area 1	10.56 km2 (4.08 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	1,329
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62713 /62350
Elevation	16–20 m (52–66 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Robecq (French pronunciation: [ʁɔbɛk]; Dutch: Robeke) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

Robecq is situated about 7 miles (11 km) northwest of Béthune and 31 miles (50 km) southwest of Lille. The Canal d’Aire and the rivers Clarence and Busnes all flow through the commune.

During World War I intense action took place close to Robecq. In his posthumously published memoir, Private A S Bullock recalls the fighting at Bacquerolles Farm, noting that the German attack was repelled 'chiefly by my Lewis gun!'. He also recalls a much lighter, indeed hilarious, incident when the British troops stationed near Robecq were ordered to have a bath.^[4]

• The church of St. Maurice, dating from the fourteenth century.
• The eighteenth-century farmhouse of L’Abiette.
• The war memorial.
• The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.

• Lords of Robecque
• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

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• The CWGC graves in the churchyard

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