![]() It was again destroyed by fire in 1543 although in the meantime the Emperor had given the order to rebuild the castle and fortifications. The city was devastated by the French on 15 October 1521 and went to Charles V in the Treaty of Madrid. On 23 July 1509 Mayor Philippe Leclercq obtained a written statement of the powers of Mayors and Aldermen of Bapaume.īapaume suffered much from the rivalry between François I and Charles V. A new era of prosperity began, troubled by the attempts of Governors to restrict the privileges of the city. On 4 June 1488 fire caused further damage to the city.Īs a result of the Treaty of Senlis of concluded between the King of France and Maximilian of Austria, Bapaume came under the rule of the House of Austria and was administered by the governors of the Netherlands and Governors appointed by the kings of Spain until 1641. The area suffered much from the fighting between the Burgundians and the French. In 1486 Charles VIII attacked Artois again and thus Bapaume. It was then looted and burned by the troops of Louis XI on and again in 1477. A period of prosperity followed but on 4 April 1472 a terrible fire destroyed the city. After the death of John, his son Philip the Good spent several days at the castle in 1420 and it was he who in 1437 granted the town of Bapaume two free fairs per year. A peace treaty was signed on 30 August and Bapaume was given to John the Fearless, but it was in such a state that on 3 September there were insufficient voters to elect aldermen. In July 1414 the King of France laid siege to Bapaume: John's garrison surrendered without fear and Charles VI then went to besiege Arras. It was also at Bapaume that he reunited his army to reenter the campaign on 30 January 1414. The Counts of Flanders īapaume was under the control of the Dukes of Burgundy from 1383 to 1494 and it was in this city that John the Fearless took refuge after the assassination of the Duke of Orléans in 1407. It is through several excavations at this place that traces of this city were found and its history. After his death the people of Helluin (Helena) came to shelter near the fort and thus Bapaume was born. A bandit called Bérenger seized the castle by a ruse and made his mark on it. The Franks built a castle on the Roman mound as the area was inhabited by bandits who hid in the Arrouaise forest. During the following centuries the city was devastated several times. This invasion was successful in 454 and ended the Roman presence. This town was called Helena and was the place where Aetius repulsed the Frankish invasion attempt in 448. ![]() Defensive mounds were built around the site of the current Bapaume and the road from Arras to Saint-Quentin and Péronne was diverted to pass near the defences. Under the Late Roman Empire the city was rebuilt in the same place by Batavi settlers who were enlisted as soldier-farmers. The barbarian invasions of 255–280 totally destroyed this first Bapaume. This period lasted about three centuries. During the Roman Empire the town prospered as it was next to the road linking Bavay to Amiens. ![]() During the Gallic period the town was located some 1500 m to the west near an abundant source: the source of the Sensée river. The current city is not in its original location. General View at the Péronne gate (17th century) Early Bapaume ![]() The A1 autoroute passes south down the eastern edge of the commune and serves the city by the exit 14. The D 929 branches off the D 917 at the edge of the commune and goes south-west to Warlencourt-Eaucourt. ![]() The D 930 goes east by north-east to Frémicourt. Access to the commune is by the D 917 road from Ervillers in the north which passes through the commune in a zig-zag then continues south-east to Beaulencourt. Geography īapaume is a farming and light industrial town located some 23 km south by south-east of Arras and 50 km north-east of Amiens. The inhabitants of this commune are known as Bapalmois or Bapalmoises. 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.īapaume French pronunciation: ( listen) (original Dutch name Batpalmen) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. ![]()
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