Sus-Saint-Léger
Encyclopedia
Sus-Saint-Léger is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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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
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
Sus-Saint-Léger lies 20 miles (32.2 km) southwest of Arras, at the junction of the D23 and D59 roads and on the border with the department of the SommeSomme
Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France....
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Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| 422 | 425 | 363 | 340 | 331 | 292 | 340 |
| Census count starting in 1962: Population without duplicates | ||||||
Places of interest
- The church of St.Leger, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The eighteenth century chateau.
- A seventeenth century manor houseManor houseA manor house is a country house that historically formed the administrative centre of a manor, the lowest unit of territorial organisation in the feudal system in Europe. The term is applied to country houses that belonged to the gentry and other grand stately homes...
. - Traces of a feudal motteMotte-and-baileyA motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade...