Souchez
Souchez | |
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 The Souchez river | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Souchez  | |
  Souchez  Souchez | |
| Coordinates:50°23′29″N2°44′37″E/ 50.3914°N 2.7436°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Lens |
| Canton | Bully-les-Mines |
| Intercommunality | CA Lens-Liévin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Marie Alexandre[1] |
| Area 1 | 6.75 km2(2.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,658 |
| • Density | 390/km2(1,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00(CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00(CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62801/62153 |
| Elevation | 62–157 m (203–515 ft) (avg. 97 m or 318 ft) |
| 1French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2(0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Souchez(French pronunciation:[suʃe]) is acommunein thePas-de-Calaisdepartmentin theHauts-de-Franceregion ofFrance.[3]It is located 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) northwest of theCanadian National Vimy Memorialdedicated to theBattle of Vimy Ridgeand the missingFirst World WarCanadian soldiers with no known grave; the Memorial is also the site of two Canadian cemeteries.[4]
Geography
[edit]Souchez lies 8 miles (13 km) north ofArras,at the junction of the D937, D57 and D58 roads. The small river Souchez, a tributary of theDeûle,flows through the town.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 1,800 | — |
| 1975 | 1,862 | +0.48% |
| 1982 | 1,872 | +0.08% |
| 1990 | 2,031 | +1.02% |
| 1999 | 2,176 | +0.77% |
| 2007 | 2,330 | +0.86% |
| 2012 | 2,587 | +2.11% |
| 2017 | 2,496 | −0.71% |
| Source: INSEE[5] | ||
Places of interest
[edit]- The Basilica de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, built in 1932, by the architectLouis Cordonnier.It overlooks Souchez, but is in fact located on the territory of the neighboring communeAblain-Saint-Nazaire.
- The church of St.Nicolas, rebuilt, as was most of the village, afterWorld War I.
- The French andCommonwealth War Graves Commissioncemeteries.
- The war memorials.
- Themuseumand theCentre Européen de la Paix,all about theFirst World War
- The nearbyCanadian National Vimy Memorial
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Répertoire national des élus: les maires".data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises(in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^"Populations légales 2021"(in French).The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies.28 December 2023.
- ^INSEE commune file
- ^"Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France".The Great War UK.2015.Retrieved31 March2017.
The ridge runs in a direction from Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the north-west to Farbus in the south-east.
- ^Population en historique depuis 1968,INSEE
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related toSouchez.
- Official commune website(in French)
- Zouave Valley CWGC cemetery
- SouchezCabaret-RougeCWGC cemetery
- First World War Museum in Souchez
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