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Canton Of Beuvry
The canton of Beuvry is an administrative division of the Pas-de-Calais department, in northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Beuvry. It consists of the following communes: #Beuvry # La Couture #Essars #Fleurbaix # Hinges # Laventie #Locon #Neuve-Chapelle # Richebourg #Sailly-sur-la-Lys #Verquigneul #Verquin #Vieille-Chapelle Vieille-Chapelle ( vls, Oedekapelle) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Vieille-Chapelle is situated some northeast of Béthune and west of Lille, at the junction of the D182 and ... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Beuvry Cantons of Pas-de-Calais ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of France
The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the France, French Republic's Departments of France, departments and Arrondissements of France, arrondissements. Apart from their role as organizational units in relation to certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as Constituency, constituencies for the election of members of the representative assemblies established in each of France's territorial departments (Departmental council (France), departmental councils, formerly general councils). For this reason, such elections were known in France as "cantonal elections", until 2015 when their name was changed to "departmental elections" to match the departmental councils' name. As of 2015, there were 2,054 cantons in France. Most of them group together a number of Communes of France, communes (the lowest administrative division of the French Republic), although larger communes may be included in mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laventie
Laventie (; vls, Wentie) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A small farming and light industrial town, situated some northeast of Béthune and west of Lille, at the junction of the D166, D173 and D174 roads. Famous for its cherries. History In World War I, like other settlements in Pas-de-Calais Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ..., Laventie was heavily fought over between German Empire, German and Allies of World War I, Allied forces. From 1915, there was constant underground fighting in the area, in which units like the 173rd Tunnelling Company, 173rd, 3rd Australian Tunnelling Company, 3rd Australian and 255th Tunnelling Company, 255th Tunnelling companies of the Royal Engineers, Tunnelling Companies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verquin
Verquin (; vls, Werkin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining town, Verquin is situated some south of Béthune centre and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D941, D937 and D72 roads. The A26 autoroute passes through the middle of the commune. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Amé, dating from the sixteenth century. * The war memorial. * The Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations m ... cemetery. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References External links www.ville-verquin.frThe CWGC graves in the commune’s cemetery Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verquigneul
Verquigneul () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Population 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] |
Sailly-sur-la-Lys
Sailly-sur-la-Lys (, literally ''Sailly on the Lys''; vls, Zelleken) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Sailly-sur-la-Lys is a large farming and light industrial village situated some northeast of Béthune and west northwest of Lille, at the junction of the D945 and D66 roads. The river Lys forms much of the western and northern boundary of the commune. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Vaast, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after the First World War. * The Commonwealth War Graves Commission Canadian and Anzac cemeteries. * The sixteenth century Prévôté; the oldest building in the town. en, provost’s house. The prévôté is a fortified building located by the parish cemetery, near the Lys. It includes the remains of the prison and the courts of justice. A chapel dedicated to the Virgin complements the construction. The gateway, which was destroyed in the sixteenth century and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richebourg, Pas-de-Calais
Richebourg (; pcd, Ricquebourq) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It was formed on 21 February 1971 by merging Richebourg-Saint-Vaast and Richebourg-l'Avoué. INSEE. In 1916 it was the site of the Battle of the Boar's Head. Bordering communes * Arrondissement of Béthune: ** **[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neuve-Chapelle
Neuve-Chapelle ( vls, Nieuwkappel) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It was the site of a First World War battle in 1915. Geography Neuve-Chapelle is situated some northeast of Béthune and southwest of Lille, near the junction of the D947 and D171 roads. History The village gave its name to a battle of the First World War that began on 10 March 1915, and in which it was captured, not for the first time, by the IV and I Indian Corps. It was later adopted by the County Borough of Blackpool and was awarded the Croix de Guerre in 1922. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Christophe, rebuilt, as was much of the commune, after World War I. * The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries and memorials. * The Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial of the British Indian Army. * Finds from the battlefield, in the mairie. See also * Battle of Neuve Chapelle The Battle of Neuve Chapelle (10–13 March 1915) took ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Locon
Locon (; vls, Lockon) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Locon is situated some north of Béthune and west of Lille Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the N ..., at the junction of the D945 and D178 road. The river Lawe flows through the eastern part of the commune. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Maur, rebuilt in 1955, using the original stained glass windows dating from the sixteenth century. Twin towns * Oesbern, in Germany See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References External links Official website of Locon Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hinges, Pas-de-Calais
Hinges () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village, situated some north of Béthune at the junction of the D182 and the D180 roads. The Canal d’Aire flows around the north-eastern part of the commune. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Marguerite, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after the First World War. * The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries. 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):Official website of the comm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments of France, 890, and is the 8th most populous. It had a population of 1,465,278 in 2019.Populations légales 2019: 62 Pas-de-Calais INSEE The Calais Passage connects to the on the . Pas-de-Calais borders the departments of [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleurbaix
Fleurbaix (; vls, Vloerbeek) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village some northeast of Béthune and west of Lille, at the junction of the D176 and the D171 roads, at the border with the department of Nord. A Stream, the "Becque du Biez", flows through the commune. Population The inhabitants are called ''Fleurbaisiens''. Places of interest * The church of Notre-Dame, built in 1929, is the work of architect Louis M. Cordonnier. * The four Commonwealth War Graves Commission The Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of Commonwealth of Nations m ... cemeteries, including Rue-du-Bois Military Cemetery * Remains of a Carthusian abbey. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department *The Battle of Fromelles References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essars
Essars is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming and boat building village suburb to the northeast of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D171 and the D945 roads. The Canal d’Aire and the Lawe River separate the commune from Bethune. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Jacques, dating from the twentieth 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] |
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