Ors

Ors
For the acronym, see ORS (disambiguation).

Ors
Ors canal and church.jpg
Center of the village, canal, and church
Ors is located in France
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Ors
Administration
Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department Nord
Arrondissement Cambrai
Canton Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Intercommunality Haute Sambre-Bois l'Évêque
Mayor Jacky Duminy
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 133–167 m (436–548 ft)
(avg. 159 m/522 ft)
Land area1 17.76 km2 (6.86 sq mi)
Population2 712  (1999)
 - Density 40 /km2 (100 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59450/ 59360
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 50°06′01″N 3°38′05″E / 50.1002777778°N 3.63472222222°E / 50.1002777778; 3.63472222222

Ors is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is located on the Sambre–Oise Canal, in a small wood called Bois l'Évêque.

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History

The commune was a theater of intense fighting in November 1918 for control of the canal. Second Lieutenant Wilfred Owen was killed there, a week before the Armistice, and is buried at the Communal Cemetery beside many of his men.

Ors is famous for its yearly sea jousting competition on the canal every August 15. Sea jousting has been played there since the Middle Ages.

Heraldry

Arms of Ors

The arms of Ors are blazoned :
Or, 3 lions azure, on a chief gules, a demi-'Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de carnation' issuant from the line of division, vested gules and azure and holding in her left arm the Baby Jesus. (Boursies, Cattenières, Carnières, Estrun, Maresches, Onnaing, Ors, Orsinval, Thun-l'Évêque and originally, Notre-Dame de Cambrai, use the same arms)

Monuments

Ors Communal Cemetery

The church, Église de l'Assomption, was built from 1851 to 1872.

See also

References

External links



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