Les Attaques
Encyclopedia
Les Attaques is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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, at the junction of the N43 and D248 roads. Both the A26 ‘autoroute des Anglaises’ and the Calais-St.Omer canal pass through the commune.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
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Geography
A large farming and light industrial village located 4 miles (6 km) southeast of CalaisCalais
Calais is a town in Northern France in the department of Pas-de-Calais, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Although Calais is by far the largest city in Pas-de-Calais, the department's capital is its third-largest city of Arras....
, at the junction of the N43 and D248 roads. Both the A26 ‘autoroute des Anglaises’ and the Calais-St.Omer canal pass through the commune.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St. Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century.
- The nineteenth century chateau Brûlé.
- Vestiges of a CapuchinOrder of Friars Minor CapuchinThe Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is an Order of friars in the Catholic Church, among the chief offshoots of the Franciscans. The worldwide head of the Order, called the Minister General, is currently Father Mauro Jöhri.-Origins :...
abbey.