Rœux

French commune
name= Roeux
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Vitry-en-Artois
insee=62718
cp=62118
maire=Arnold Normand
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes Osartis
longitude=2.8972
latitude=50.2944
alt moy=59 m
alt mini=43 m
alt maxi=71 m
hectares=487
km²=4,87
sans=1458
date-sans=1999
dens=299|

Roeux (or Rœux) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village on the banks of the Scarpe river, some Convert|6|mi|km|0 east of Arras, at the junction of the D33, D42 and D46 roads. The junction of the A1 and A26 autoroutes is half a mile north of the commune.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St.Hilaire, rebuilt along with much of the village after the First World War.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=59507&mode=1 The CWGC military cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2027515&mode=1 The CWGC communal cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27203&req=Roeux Roeux on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 1st 2008."