commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in the
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...
region of
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
Rouvroy is a farming and light industrial town, southeast of Lens, at the junction of the D40 and the D46 roads.
Population
The inhabitants are called ''Rouvroysiens''.
Places of interest
* The modern church of Saint-Géry-et-Saint-Louis, built to replace the original that was destroyed, along with most of the commune, during
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
Billy-Montigny
Billy-Montigny (; pcd, Bili-Montini) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
Geography
An ex-coalmining industrial town situated just east of the centre of Lens at the junction of the N43 ...
, north
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Hénin-Beaumont
Hénin-Beaumont (; pcd, Hinnin-Biaumont) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.
Geography
Hénin-Beaumont used to be a coalmining town and is now a light industrial town situated some east of Lens ...
Bois-Bernard
Bois-Bernard () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
Geography
The village is mainly a farming village located 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Arras on the D919 and D46 roads. It is lo ...
, southeast
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Acheville
Acheville is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in northern France.
Geography
Acheville is situated some 4 miles (7 km) southeast of Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Lens, on the D33.
Population
See a ...