- Brias
French commune
name= Brias
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise
insee=62180
cp=62130
maire=Régis Mehl
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Saint-Polois
longitude=2.38222222222
latitude=50.4094444444
alt moy=160 m
alt mini=122 m
alt maxi=166 m
hectares=774
km²=7,74
sans=235
date-sans=1999
dens=30|Brias is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village located 22 miles (35km) northwest of Arras on the N41 road, at the junction with the D81.
History
First mentioned in 1212, as the
fiefdom of Gille de la Tourette.The château of Bryas served as headquarters for MarshallFoch during theSecond Battle of Artois , in 1915.
The commune agreed to change the spelling of the name from Bryas in 1997.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Martin,
* The château, rebuilt between 1789 and 1805.See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=26677&req=Brias Brias on the Quid website] fr
Notes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on June 10th 2008."
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