Palluel

Palluel
Commune
The church of Palluel
Palluel
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Palluel
Coordinates: 50°16′05″N 3°05′57″E / 50.2681°N 3.0992°E / 50.2681; 3.0992Coordinates: 50°16′05″N 3°05′57″E / 50.2681°N 3.0992°E / 50.2681; 3.0992
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Bapaume
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Marquion
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jean-François Lemaire
Area1	2.77 km2 (1.07 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	572
• Density	210/km2 (530/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	62646 /62860
Elevation	34–60 m (112–197 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Palluel is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Palluel is situated 19 miles (31 km) east of Arras, at the junction of the D21 and D13 roads, in the valley of the river Sensée.

The entire village was rebuilt after the ravages of World War I.
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.

The fishing lakes at Palluel

Palluel’s war memorial