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Rouvroy, Pas de Calais

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
9,077 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Lens

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Rouvroy

Area
  
6.42 km²

Local time
  
Thursday 12:38 PM

Rouvroy, Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
communauté d'agglomération d'Hénin-Carvin

Weather
  
12°C, Wind E at 26 km/h, 68% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of Rouvroy, France

Geography

Rouvroy is a farming and light industrial town, 6 miles (9.7 km) southeast of Lens, at the junction of the D40 and the D46 roads.

Population

The inhabitants are called Rouvroysiens.

Places of interest

  • The modern church of Saint-Géry-et-Saint-Louis, built to replace the original that was destroyed, along with most of the commune, during World War I.
  • Nearest communes

  • Méricourt, west
  • Billy-Montigny, north
  • Hénin-Beaumont, northeast
  • Drocourt, east
  • Bois-Bernard, southeast
  • Acheville, southwest
  • References

    Rouvroy, Pas-de-Calais Wikipedia