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Souchez is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais

Pas-de-Calais is a Departments of France in northern France. Its name is the French language equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders....
 département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
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Souchez is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais

Pas-de-Calais is a Departments of France in northern France. Its name is the French language equivalent of the Strait of Dover, which it borders....
 département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
.

Geography

Souchez is a farming town, some north of Arras
Arras

Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France. The historic centre of the Artois region, its local speech is characterized as a Picard language dialect....
, at the junction of the D937, D57 and D58 roads. The small river Souchez, a tributary of the Deűle
Deűle

The De?le is a river of northern France which is currently channeled for the main part of its course . The upstream part is still partly free-flowing and is known as the Souchez....
, flows through the town.

Population

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"| Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2005
1652 1800 1862 1872 2031 2176 2296
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting
Population without double counting

Population without double counting is an English translation of the phrase :fr:Population sans doubles comptes.In France, for census purposes, the INSEE has defined several population indicators that allow for the double counting of certain personnel, in order to study the phenomenon and to keep count of population movement....


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
    Ablain-Saint-Nazaire

    Ablain-Saint-Nazaire is a Communes of France in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France in northern France....
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  • The church of St.Nicolas, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after World War I
    World War I

    World War I, or the First World War , was a global military conflict which involved the Great powers, organized into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War I and the Central Powers....
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  • The French and Commonwealth War Graves Commission
    Commonwealth War Graves Commission

    The Commonwealth War Graves Commission is a joint governmental organisation responsible for marking and maintaining the graves of members of the Commonwealth of Nations' military forces that died in the two world wars, to build memorials to those with no known grave, and to keep records of the war dead....
     cemeteries.
  • The war memorials.
  • The museum
    Museum

    A museum is a "permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits the tangible and intangible heritage of humanity and its environment, for the purposes of education, study, and entertainment", as defined by the International Coun...
     and the Centre Européen de la Paix, all about the First World War


See also

  • Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department


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