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Biache Saint Vaast

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Osartis

Area
  
9.29 km²

Arrondissement
  
Arras

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Vitry-en-Artois

Population (2009)
  
3,886

Local time
  
Monday 12:49 PM

Biache-Saint-Vaast

Weather
  
9°C, Wind NW at 16 km/h, 73% Humidity

Biache-Saint-Vaast is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Contents

Map of Biache-Saint-Vaast, France

Geography

A small farming and light industrial town located 8 miles (13 km) east of Arras, on the banks of the Scarpe river, at the junction of the D42, D43 and D46 roads. The A26 autoroute passes by just yards from the commune.

Sights

  • The church of St. Pierre, rebuilt, as was much of the town, after the ravages of World War I.
  • The war memorials.
  • An archaeological site of a stone age settlement of the Mousterian culture, with finds showing signs of the Levallois technique.

    • Personalities

  • Charles Delestraint, general and member of the French Resistance

    • References

    Biache-Saint-Vaast Wikipedia
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