Vimy

Vimy
Vimy
Commune
	Vimy city hall
	Coat of arms
	Location of Vimy
	Vimy Vimy
	Coordinates: 50°22′24″N 2°48′41″E / 50.3733°N 2.8114°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Lens
Canton	Liévin
Intercommunality	CA Lens-Liévin
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Christian Sprimont
Area 1	11.33 km2 (4.37 sq mi)
Population (2021)	4,307
• Density	380/km2 (980/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62861 /62580
Elevation	49–146 m (161–479 ft) ; (avg. 71 m or 233 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vimy (/ˈviːmi/ or /ˈvɪmi/; French pronunciation: [vimi]; Dutch: Wimi) is a commune in the French department of Pas-de-Calais.^[3] Located 3.8 kilometers (2.4 mi) east of Vimy is the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the Canadian soldiers who were killed during the First World War. The Memorial is also the site of two Canadian cemeteries.^[4]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 4 May 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ "Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France". The Great War UK. 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2017. The ridge runs in a direction from Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the north-west to Farbus in the south-east.