Souchez () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[ INSEE commune file] It is located northwest of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the missing First World War Canadian soldiers with no known grave; the Memorial is also the site of two Canadian cemeteries.
Geography
Souchez lies north of
Arras, at the junction of the D937, D57 and D58 roads. The small river Souchez, a tributary of the Deûle, flows through the town.
Population
Places of interest
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The Basilica de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette, built in 1932, by the architect Louis Cordonnier. It overlooks Souchez, but is in fact located on the territory of the neighboring commune Ablain-Saint-Nazaire.
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The church of St.Nicolas, rebuilt, as was most of the village, after World War I.
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The French and Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.
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The war memorials.
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The museum and the Centre Européen de la Paix, all about the First World War
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The nearby Canadian National Vimy Memorial
See also
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Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department
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