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Arras is located 182 kilometres (113 miles) north of Paris and can be reached in 2 hours by car and in 50 minutes by TGV. It is the historic centre of the former Artois province. Its local speech is characterized as a patois. The city of Arras is well known for its architecture, culture, and history.
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The Battle of Arras took place on 21 May 1940, during the...
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Arras ( French pronunciation: [aʁɑːs]; Dutch: Atrecht) is a...
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Capitale historique et administrative du département du Pas-de-Calais, au cœur de la zone économique agroalimentaire la plus étendue au nord de Paris, Arras est, avec ses 42 600 habitants, la deuxième ville la plus peuplée du département après Calais Note 2 .
Arras ( French pronunciation: [aʁɑːs]; Dutch: Atrecht) is a commune. It is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region . Sister cities. Arras is twinned with: Chemnitz, Germany, since 1967. Herten, Germany, since 1984. Oudenaarde, Belgium, since 1990. Ipswich, United Kingdom, since 1992.
Arras, town, capital of Pas-de-Calais département, Hauts-de-France région, former capital of Artois, northern France. It lies on the Scarpe River, southwest of Lille. Of Gallo-Roman origin, it was the chief town (Nemetacum or Nemetocenna) of the Atrebates, one of the last Gallic peoples to surrender to Julius Caesar.
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L' histoire d'Arras commence à la préhistoire et se poursuit à l' âge du fer avec l'arrivée des Atrébates peuple belge dont les Romains nous ont livré le nom au Ier siècle av. J.-C. La ville romaine, fondée au Ier siècle, subit les Invasions barbares au Ve siècle.
The city of Arras is well known for its architecture, culture, and history. It was once part of the Spanish Netherlands, a portion of the Low Countries controlled by Spain from 1556 to 1714. Louis XIII reconquered Arras in 1640; the town officially became part of France in 1659.
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The Battle of Arras took place on 21 May 1940, during the Battle of France in the Second World War. Following the German invasion of the Low Countries on 10 May, French and British forces advanced into Belgium.
