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Country
  
France

Department
  
Pas-de-Calais

Intercommunality
  
Lens-Liévin

Area
  
6.75 km²

Local time
  
Monday 12:47 PM

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Canton
  
Vimy

Time zone
  
CET (UTC+1)

Population
  
2,176 (1999)

Arrondissement
  
Arras

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Weather
  
16°C, Wind E at 10 km/h, 48% Humidity

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

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Map of Souchez, France

Geography

Souchez lies 8 miles (12.9 km) north of Arras, at the junction of the D937, D57 and D58 roads. The small river Souchez, a tributary of the Deûle, flows through the town.

Places of interest

  • The Basilica de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, built in 1932, by the architect Louis Cordonnier. It overlooks Souchez, but is in fact located on the territory of the neighboring commune Ablain-Saint-Nazaire.
  • The church of St.Nicolas, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after World War I.
  • The French and Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.
  • The war memorials.
  • The museum and the Centre Européen de la Paix, all about the First World War

    • References

    Souchez Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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