Palluel
Encyclopedia
Palluel is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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, at the junction of the D21 and D13 roads, in the valley of the river Sensée
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The commune was devastated by a tornado
of category F5 on June 24, 1967. This tornado was one of the biggest ever recorded in France since at least 1850.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
Palluel is situated 19 miles (31 km) east of ArrasArras
Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The historic centre of the Artois region, its local speech is characterized as a Picard dialect...
, at the junction of the D21 and D13 roads, in the valley of the river Sensée
Sensée
The Sensée is a river in northern France that crosses the departement of Pas-de-Calais. The source is found at Croisilles and passes through Lécluse. It joins the Canal du Nord at Arleux, which then joins the canalized Escaut at Bouchain...
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History
The entire village was rebuilt after the ravages of World War IWorld War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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The commune was devastated by a tornado
Tornado
A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...
of category F5 on June 24, 1967. This tornado was one of the biggest ever recorded in France since at least 1850.
Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 479 | 508 | 522 | 565 | 525 | 520 | 572 |
| Census count starting from 1962: Population without duplicates | ||||||