- Robecq
French commune
name= Robecq
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Béthune
canton= Lillers
insee=62713
cp=62350
maire=Hervé Deroubaix
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Artois-Lys
longitude=2.56416666667
latitude=50.5966666667
alt moy=19 m
alt mini=16 m
alt maxi=20 m
hectares=1 056
km²=10,56
sans=1131
date-sans=2004
dens=100|Robecq is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A farming village,situated some convert|7|mi|km|1 northwest of
Béthune and convert|31|mi|km|1 southwest ofLille , at the junction of the D937, the D69 and the D94 roads. The Canal d’Aire, theClarence River and the Busnes river all flow through the commune.Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Maurice, dating from the
14th century .
* The18th century farmhouse of L’Abiette.
* The war memorial.
* TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery.See also
*
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=29404&mode=1 The CWGC graves in the churchyard]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27198&req=Robecq Robecq on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 28th 2008."
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