Berlencourt-le-Cauroy
Encyclopedia
Berlencourt-le-Cauroy is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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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 the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of 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
A village located 16 miles (26 km) west of Arras on the D79 road, in the valley of the river CancheCanche
The river Canche is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the English Channel. The Somme is the largest example. The basin of the Canche extends to 1,274 square kilometres and lies in the southern end of the département of Pas-de-Calais...
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Population
Places of interest
- Vestiges of a 13th century château.
- The Château du Cauroy, built in 1680.
- The eighteenth century Château of Ignaucourt.
- The church of Saint-Sulpice, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The church of Saint-Pierre, dating from the nineteenth century.