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Arrondissement Of Arras
The arrondissement of Arras is an arrondissement of France in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 357 communes. Its population is 248,929 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Arras, and their INSEE codes, are: # Ablainzevelle (62002) # Achicourt (62004) # Achiet-le-Grand (62005) # Achiet-le-Petit (62006) # Acq (62007) # Adinfer (62009) # Agnez-lès-Duisans (62011) # Agnières (62012) # Agny (62013) # Ambrines (62027) # Amplier (62030) # Anvin (62036) # Anzin-Saint-Aubin (62037) # Arleux-en-Gohelle (62039) # Arras (62041) # Athies (62042) # Aubigny-en-Artois (62045) # Aubrometz (62047) # Aumerval (62058) # Auxi-le-Château (62060) # Averdoingt (62061) # Avesnes-le-Comte (62063) # Avesnes-lès-Bapaume (62064) # Ayette (62068) # Bailleul-aux-Cornailles (62070) # Bailleul-lès-Pernes (62071) # Bailleulmont (62072) # Bailleul-Sir-Berthoult (62073) # Bailleulval (62074) # Bancourt (62079) # Bapaume (6 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arras
Arras ( , ; pcd, Aro; historical nl, Atrecht ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department, which forms part of the regions of France, region of Hauts-de-France; before the regions of France#Reform and mergers of regions, reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The historic centre of the Artois region, with a Baroque town square, Arras is in Northern France at the confluence of the rivers Scarpe (river), Scarpe and Crinchon. The Arras plain is on a large chalk plateau bordered on the north by the Marqueffles fault, on the southwest by the Artois and Ternois hills, and on the south by the slopes of Beaufort-Blavincourt. On the east it is connected to the Scarpe valley. Established during the Iron Age by the Gauls, the town of Arras was first known as ''Nemetocenna'', which is believed to have originated from the Celtic word ''nemeton'', meaning 'sacred space.' Saint Vedast (or St. Vaast) was the first Catholic bishop in the year 499 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agny
Agny () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography A farming village located 3 miles (5 km) southwest of Arras, at the D3 and D60 road junction. History World War I 1914–1918. War broke out in August 1914 and in September troops were massed on the territory. Agny quickly found itself on the front line. As it was also on a railway line, it was easy to approach the theatre of operations. In October 1914, violent fighting allowed the German army to advance. A bloody battle took place on 25 September 1915. The French 135th Infantry Regiment lost 38 officers and 1162 men killed, wounded or missing. Despite the fierce fighting during the conflict, the town hall, built in 1860, was not destroyed. The Second World War. When this conflict broke out, the invading Germans soon occupied the commune. Networks of resistance were quickly set in place. The mayor, Philibert Cleret carried out some particularly dangerous actions but was eventually captured. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avesnes-lès-Bapaume
Avesnes-lès-Bapaume (, literally ''Avesnes near Bapaume'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography A small farming village, adjacent to the west of Bapaume, on the roads from Bapaume to Albert and Achiet-le-Grand Achiet-le-Grand () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography A farming village located 12 miles (19 km) south of Arras, at the D7 and D9 road junction. The SNCF railway has a station here. History The commu .... Population See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avesnes-le-Comte
Avesnes-le-Comte (; pcd, Avesne-el-Comte) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography A small farming town located 11 miles (17 km) west of Arras at the junction of the D8, D75 and D339 roads. Population Sights * The motte of a 12th-century castle. * The church of St. Nicholas, with the apse dating from the twelfth century. * The town hall, built in 1830. * An ancient cemetery. * The war memorial. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Averdoingt
Averdoingt () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography A small farming village located 19 miles (30 km) west of Arras at the junction of the D81 and D81E roads. Population Sights * The ruins of a 12th-century castle. * The church of St. Leger, dating from the thirteenth century. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auxi-le-Château
Auxi-le-Château (; pcd, Aussi-ch’Catiau) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in northern France. Geography A farming town located 28 miles (45 km) west south west of Arras at the junction of the D938, D933 and D941 roads. The Authie (river), Authie river flows through the town, which once divided the commune into two parts, one in the Pas-de-Calais and the other in the Somme (department), Somme department. It is so named because it was a border fort, but there is now no sign of a castle, apart from some ruins at the top of the Chemin de la Belle Inutile. Population History Until the abolition of the Provinces of France in 1791, Auxi-le-Château was part of the province of Picardy. Sights * The Flamboyant, Flamboyant Gothic Saint Martin's church (16th century) * The neo-Gothic Town Hall. * The ruins of a 12th-century castle. * Seventeenth- and eighteenth-century houses. * Watermills. * The Museum of Arts and Folklife, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aumerval
Aumerval () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography A village located 25 miles (40 km) northwest of Arras at the junction of the D90 and D91 roads. Population Sights * The church of St. Maur, dating from the seventeenth century. * An eighteenth-century chapel. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubrometz
Aubrometz is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography A small village located 25 miles (40 km) west of Arras on the D340 road, in the valley of the river Canche. Population Sights * The church of St. Thomas Becket, dating from the fifteenth century See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aubigny-en-Artois
Aubigny-en-Artois (, literally ''Aubigny in Artois'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography A town located 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Arras at the junction of the D73, D74, D75 and D49 roads, just by the N39 Arras-Le Touquet road. Population Sights * The church of St. Kilien, dating from the eighteenth century * The World War I cemetery * The World War II memorial See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Commonwealth war graves - Aubigny ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athies, Pas-de-Calais
Athies () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography A village located 2 miles (3 km) east of Arras at the junction of the D37 and D42 roads. History Initially, Athies was called ''Atheiae'', a word taken from Latin which means ’’hut’’, which indicates than it was a marshy area with shacks for fishermen or peat-gatherers. In 1493, the village was looted and burned by German soldiers from the garrison of Arras. A castle stood at the place now called "the Barony". The old church that was destroyed during the 1914-18 war had been built in 1786 just before the French Revolution. Whilst many churches were destroyed during this time, this new church was spared. The village was invaded several times over the centuries, especially by the Spanish in the 17th century and was all but destroyed during World War I. Population Sights * The Scottish Monument. Along the Arras - Douai road, the N50, stands a monument created on orders of officers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arleux-en-Gohelle
Arleux-en-Gohelle is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography A village located 7 miles (12 km) north-east of Arras at the junction of the N919 and D50 roads. History The commune name first appears in 1119 as ''Haluth''. The village was all but destroyed during World War I. Population Sights * The church of St. Martin, dating from the twentieth century. * The World War I cemetery. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anzin-Saint-Aubin
Anzin-Saint-Aubin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. Geography A suburb located 2 miles (3 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D341, D60 and D64 roads, by the banks of the river Scarpe. History Anzin St. Aubin was formed from two villages: Saint Aubin, formerly Saint Aubin in the Marsh, on the road to Arras, by the Scarpe river and Anzin, on the same road, but further east, bordering on Arras. The parish was created around the 12th century, with the church being built at Saint Aubin (the larger of the two villages). The name of Anzin (Anzinum) appears around 866-870, that of Saint Aubin (Sancti Albini of Marex) only appears in 1154. In the 16th century, the abbey at Saint Vaast built a watermill at Anzin. This mill (its remains still exist) mostly manufactured oil but also gunpowder and paper. During the years 1793–1794 the town became "the united brothers" under revolutionary leadership. The commune was first created in 1790 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
