Country France Department Nord Intercommunality Monts de Flandres Area 5.96 km² Arrondissement Dunkirk | Region Hauts-de-France Canton Hazebrouck-Sud Population (2012) 588 Local time Thursday 6:06 PM | |
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Weather 8°C, Wind SW at 23 km/h, 66% Humidity | ||
Borre is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.
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Map of 59190 Borre, France
History
The Borre British Cemetery is located in this village, in route de Sec-Bois. It contains 370 graves from the First World War, of which 129 are British, 238 Australian and 3 German.
In 1940, one of the first German planes damaged in the north of France crashed in Borre. The whole population came out to see the aircraft. Despite the warnings of the crew, who had been captured and locked in the town hall, dozens were killed when the bombs exploded.
References
Borre, Nord Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA