Souchez

French commune
name= Souchez
Monument to General Barbot in Souchez
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Vimy
insee=62801
cp=62153
maire= Jean-Marie Alexandre
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communaupole de Lens-Liévin
longitude=2.74361111111
latitude=50.3913888889
alt moy=97 m
alt mini=62 m
alt maxi=157 m
hectares=675
km²=6.75
sans=2296
date-sans=2005
dens=334
date-dens=1999

Souchez is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

Souchez is a farming town, some convert|8|mi|km|1 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

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

See also

* Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 4th 2008."

External links

* [http://mairie-souchez.fr Official commune website] fr
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=62202&mode=1 Zouave Valley CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=64600&mode=1 Souchez "Cabaret-Rouge" CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27286&req=Souchez Souchez on the Quid website] fr
* [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/memoiresdepierre/alphabetnew/s/souchezbarbot.html Webpage about the monument dedicated to General Barbot] fr