- Saint-Laurent-Blangy
French commune
name= Saint-Laurent-Blangy
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Arras-Nord
insee=62753
cp=62223
maire=Jean-Pierre Deleury
mandat=2001 -2008
intercomm=communauté urbaine d'Arras
longitude=2.80361111111
latitude=50.3030555556
alt moy=93 m
alt mini=50 m
alt maxi=103 m
hectares=983
km²=9,83
sans=5,578
date-sans=1999
dens=567|Saint-Laurent-Blangy is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A light industrial suburb and river port on the northeast side of Arras, at the junction of the N50, D42 and D919 roads.
History
Joan of Arc was imprisoned here at the chateau, after her capture atCompiegne .
The town was completely destroyed during theFirst World War .Population
Places of interest
* The church of St.Laurent, rebuilt in
1982 .
* The château of Immercourt
* Thefeudal motte .
* TheCommonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.Saint-laurent-blangy.com/ Official website of Saint Laurent Blangy] fr
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=32400&mode=1 Bailleul Road East CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=32401&mode=1 Bailleul Road West CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2027524&mode=1 The CWGC communal cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27236&req=Saint-Laurent-Blangy Saint-Laurent-Blangy on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 2nd 2008."
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