- Villers-Sir-Simon
French commune
name= Villers-Sir-Simon
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Aubigny-en-Artois
insee=62860
cp=62127
maire=Xavier Normand
mandat=2008 -2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de l'Atrébatie
longitude=2.49277777778
latitude=50.3183333333
alt moy=128 m
alt mini=119 m
alt maxi=136 m
hectares=247
km²=2,47
sans=121
date-sans=1999
dens=48|Villers-Sir-Simon is a commune in the
Pas-de-Calais "département" in theNord-Pas-de-Calais region ofFrance .Geography
A small farming village situated some convert|18|mi|km|1 west of Arras, at the junction of the D77 and D54 roads.
Population
Places of interest
* Commemorative stone to the American aviators who died when their plane crashed nearby on the 27th August
1943 .
* The church of St.Eloi, dating from the19th century .See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department External links
* [http://www.cc-atrebatie.fr/fr Official website of the Communauté de communes] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27344&req=Villers-Sir-Simon Villers-Sir-Simon on the Quid website] fr
* [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/memoiresdepierre/alphabetnew/v/villersirsimon.html The war memorials]Notes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on July 7th 2008."
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