Pas-de-Calais
The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) 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, with 890, and is the ...
Hauts-de-France
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region of
France
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A small farming village situated southwest of Arras, on the D6 road.
Population
Places of interest
* The eighteenth-century chateau built by the de Coupigny family in 1745. It was seized during the French Revolution and used as a
chicory
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factory.
* The church of St. Nicholas, dating from the eighteenth century.
* The
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cemetery.
See also
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Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
The following is a list of the 887 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):