Pas-de-Calais
The Pas-de-Calais (, ' strait of Calais'; ; ) 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 of France, with 890, and is the ...
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; ; ), also referred to in English as Upper France, is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. ...
region of
France
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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 or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
Billy-Montigny
Billy-Montigny (; ) 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 and D46 roads. ...
, north
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Hénin-Beaumont
Hénin-Beaumont (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France region of Franc about east of Lens, Pas-de-Calais, Lens.
History
The commune came into existence in 1970, the r ...
Acheville
Acheville () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.
Geography
Acheville is situated some 4 miles (7 km) southeast of Lens, on the D33.
Population
See also
Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
The foll ...
, southwest
See also
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Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
The following is a list of the 887 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):