Souchez
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Souchez (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[2] It is located Script error: No such module "convert". northwest of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the missing First World War Canadian soldiers with no known grave; the Memorial is also the site of two Canadian cemeteries.[3]
Geography
Souchez lies Script error: No such module "convert". north of Arras, at the junction of the D937, D57 and D58 roads. The small river Souchez, a tributary of the Deûle, flows through the town.
Population
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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.
- The church of St.Nicolas, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after World War I.
- The French and Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.
- The war memorials.
- The museum and the Centre Européen de la Paix, all about the First World War
- The nearby Canadian National Vimy Memorial
See also
References
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External links
- Official commune website Template:In lang
- Zouave Valley CWGC cemetery
- Souchez Cabaret-Rouge CWGC cemetery
- First World War Museum in Souchez
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