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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Canton
  
Vimy

Local time
  
Friday 4:13 AM

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Arrondissement
  
Arras

Area
  
8.6 km²

Population
  
668 (1999)

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Intercommunality
  
Communauté d'agglomération de Lens-Liévin

Weather
  
4°C, Wind S at 13 km/h, 84% Humidity

Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Contents

Map of Carency, France

Geography

A farming village located 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Arras on the D58 road. Carency is also the name of the brook which constitutes the course upstream of the Deûle river and which flows through the village.

Places of interest

  • The church of St Aignan, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after the destruction of World War I.
  • Vestiges of a 13th-century castle.

    • Notable people

    François Faber, winner of the 1909 Tour de France, died here fighting in the Second Battle of Artois, on 9 May 1915, during World War I.

    References

    Carency Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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