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Canton Of Bruay-la-Buissière
The Canton of Bruay-la-Buissière is one of the 39 cantons of the Pas-de-Calais department, in northern France. At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 1 to 12 communes. It consists of the following communes: # Bajus #Beugin # Bruay-la-Buissière #Caucourt #La Comté #Estrée-Cauchy #Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen #Gauchin-Légal # Hermin # Houdain #Maisnil-lès-Ruitz #Rebreuve-Ranchicourt Rebreuve-Ranchicourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Rebreuve-Ranchicourt is situated about southwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D341 (an old Roman ... References Bruay-la-Buissiere {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cantons Of The Pas-de-Calais Department
The following is a list of the 39 cantons of the Pas-de-Calais department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015: * Aire-sur-la-Lys * Arras-1 * Arras-2 * Arras-3 * Auchel * Auxi-le-Château * Avesnes-le-Comte * Avion * Bapaume * Berck * Béthune * Beuvry * Boulogne-sur-Mer-1 * Boulogne-sur-Mer-2 * Brebières * Bruay-la-Buissière * Bully-les-Mines * Calais-1 * Calais-2 * Calais-3 * Carvin * Desvres * Douvrin * Étaples * Fruges * Harnes * Hénin-Beaumont-1 * Hénin-Beaumont-2 * Lens * Liévin * Lillers * Longuenesse * Lumbres * Marck * Nœux-les-Mines * Outreau * Saint-Omer * Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise * Wingles Wingles () is a commune of the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography An ex-coalmining area, now a farming and light industrial town, Wingles lies north of Lens, at the junction of the N47, D39 and the D16 ... References {{Cantons of France ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Comté
La Comté () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan area .... Geography La Comté is a farming and light industrial village situated northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D86 and the D86E roads, in the valley of the river Lawe. Population Places of interest *The church of St.Martin, dating from the sixteenth century. *An eighteenth-century farmhouse, at a site known as the old castle. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Comte {{Arras-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maisnil-lès-Ruitz
Maisnil-lès-Ruitz (, literally ''Maisnil near Ruitz'') is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Maisnil-lès-Ruitz is situated some south of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D72, D301 and D179 roads. Population Places of interest * An eighteenth-century manorhouse A manor house was historically the main residence of the lord of the manor. The house formed the administrative centre of a manor in the European feudal system; within its great hall were held the lord's manorial courts, communal meals wi .... * The church of St. Sébastien, dating from the seventeenth century. See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References Maisnillesruitz {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Houdain
Houdain () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A former coalmining, now a light industrial and farming town, situated some south of Béthune at the junction of the D86, D301 and the D341 roads. The small rivers Lawe and Blanche join within the commune. Population Places of interest The church of St. John, dating from the thirteenth century. Notable people Hervé, real name Florimond Ronger, a composer, was born here in 1825. 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] |
Hermin
Hermin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A small farming village, situated some northwest of Arras on the D72 near its junction with the D341 road. A small stream, the Hermin, flows through the commune. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Leger, dating from the sixteenth century. * The vestiges of the motte of a feudal castle. 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] |
Gauchin-Légal
Gauchin-Légal (; or Gauchin-le-Gal) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village situated some south of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D73 and the D341 roads. A small stream, the ‘ruisseau Caucourt’, a tributary of the river Lawe, flows through the village. Population Places of interest * "Le Gal", a sandstone Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains. Sandstones comprise about 20–25% of all sedimentary rocks. Most sandstone is composed of quartz or feldspar (both silicates ... rock chained to another on the village square. * The church of St. Joseph, dating from the sixteenth century. * The eighteenth-century château. File:legal01.jpg, Le gal de Gauchin File:Gauchin-Légal - Monument aux morts.JPG, Monument to war dead See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department Referen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen
Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Fresnicourt-le-Dolmen is a farming village situated some south of Béthune and southwest 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 ..., on the D57 road. Population Places of interest * The church of Notre-Dame, rebuilt on old foundations during the 19th century. * A group of dolmen, known as the ''Table des Fées'' (The Fairies' Table). * The fifteenth century Château d'Olhain. * The Arboretum d'Olhain Image:dolmen_fresnicourt.jpg, The Table des fées Image:olhain1.jpg, The Château d'Olhain See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References External links Website of the château d'Olhain Fresnicourtledolmen { ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estrée-Cauchy
Estrée-Cauchy is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming village some to the northwest of Arras and south of Béthune, on the D341 road. It is one of many villages in the north of France bearing the name ''Estrées''. The etymology of the name is from ''strata'' (cognate of English "street"), the word for the stone-layered Roman roads in the area (some of which turned into modern highways). Hence ''Estreti'', ''village on the road'' which developed into ''Estrées''. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century. * The ruins of a fifteenth-century chateau. 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] |
Caucourt
Caucourt () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Caucourt is a farming village some northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D73 and the D73E roads. The "Blanche" stream rises here, forming the source of the Lawe river. Population Places of interest * The church of St.Pierre, dating from the sixteenth century. * The war memorial. * An old watermill A watermill or water mill is a mill that uses hydropower. It is a structure that uses a water wheel or water turbine to drive a mechanical process such as milling (grinding), rolling, or hammering. Such processes are needed in the production of .... See also * Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department References External links Official municipality website Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...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] |
Bruay-la-Buissière
Bruay-la-Buissière (; vls, Bruwaei, pcd, Brouay-l'Bussière) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A former coalmining town some southwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction of the D57 and the N47 roads. History With four coal mines, it was the headquarters of the Bruay Mining Company. The coal mines closed during the 1960s, to be replaced by light industrial work and chemical factories. In April 1972 the murder of miner's daughter Brigitte Dewevre became a politicized event when Pierre Leroy, a local middle-class lawyer associated with the local mining company, was arrested: ''La Cause du Peuple'', the paper of the Maoist Gauche prolétarienne, publicized the case with the headline 'Bruay: And Now They Are Massacring Our Children!' The two former communes of Bruay-en-Artois and Labuissière were joined as one commune in 1987. Population The population data given in the table a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beugin
Beugin (; vls, Belgin) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France. Geography A farming village situated southwest of Béthune and southwest of Lille, on the D86 road. Population Sights * The church of St. Remi, dating from the nineteenth century. * An artificial lake with pink sandstone cliffs. 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] |
