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Bours, Pas de Calais

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Pernois

Area
  
11.84 km²

Arrondissement
  
Arras

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Heuchin

Population (2009)
  
571

Local time
  
Friday 10:30 AM

Bours, Pas-de-Calais

Weather
  
6°C, Wind SE at 23 km/h, 84% Humidity

Bours is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.

Contents

Map of 62550 Bours, France

Geography

A farming village located 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Arras on the D89 road, in the valley of the Clarence river.

Sights

  • The church of Sainte-Austreberthe, dating from the eleventh century.
  • The (restored) castle donjon, also from the eleventh century. Built of sandstone by Hugues de Bours.

    • References

    Bours, Pas-de-Calais Wikipedia
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