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Rivière, Pas de Calais

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Vertes vallées

Area
  
11.9 km²

Arrondissement
  
Arras

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Beaumetz-lès-Loges

Population (2006)
  
1,151

Local time
  
Monday 3:59 AM

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Weather
  
10°C, Wind SW at 23 km/h, 85% Humidity

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

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Map of Rivi%C3%A8re, France

Geography

Rivière is a farming and light industrial village 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D7, D30 and D34 roads.

History

The five hamlets of Bellacourt, Bellacordelle, Brétencourt, Grosville and Le Fermont became the commune of Rivière in 1789.

Population

The inhabitants are called Riviérois.

Places of interest

  • The church of St.Vaast, dating from the eighteenth century.
  • The eighteenth-century château de Grosville and its parkland.
  • Traces of a 13th-century castle at Brétencourt.
  • The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

    • References

    Rivière, Pas-de-Calais Wikipedia
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