Anvin
Encyclopedia
Anvin is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France
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river valley, 28 miles (44 km) northwest of Arras
, at the junction of the D343, D70 and D94 roads.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
Anvin is a farming village located in the TernoiseTernoise
The river Ternoise is one of the small chalk streams that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais and Picardy, via the Canche, into the English Channel. The basin of the Ternoise extends to 342 km² and lies in the southern end of the département of Pas-de-Calais...
river valley, 28 miles (44 km) northwest of Arras
Arras
Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. The historic centre of the Artois region, its local speech is characterized as a Picard dialect...
, at the junction of the D343, D70 and D94 roads.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St. Leger, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The ruins of a seventeenth century chateau.
- Vestiges of a watermillWatermillA watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping .- History :...
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