Billy-Berclau
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Billy-Berclau (Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.[2]
Geography
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History
The town was completely destroyed during World War I. On 27 March 2003, an explosion at the dynamite factory killed four people.
Population
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Sights
- The church of Notre-Dame, rebuilt, as was most of the town, after World War I
- The remains of a Prévôté building (once belonging to an abbey)
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery
- A German World War I cemetery
See also
References
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- ↑ INSEE commune file
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External links
- Official website of Billy-Berclau Template:In lang
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- The CWGC at the communal cemetery
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