Beauvoir-Wavans is a
commune
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** Communes of ...
in the
Pas-de-Calais department in the
Hauts-de-France region
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in northern
France
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. It was formed in 1974 by the merger of the former communes Wavans-sur-l'Authie and Beauvoir-Rivière.
INSEE commune file
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Geography
A village located 33 miles (52 km) southwest of Arras at the junction of the D117 with the D938 road.
Population
Sights
* Two churches dedicated to St. Vaast, from the sixteenth century and the 17th century.
* The Château de Beauvoir-Rivière, built in 1780.
* The World War I
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cemetery.
See also
* Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
References
External links
The CWGC cemetery at Wavans
Communes of Pas-de-Calais
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