Gauchin-Verloingt
Encyclopedia
Gauchin-Verloingt is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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river, 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D343 and the D100 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 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 farming village situated in the valley of 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, 23 miles (37 km) northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D343 and the D100 roads.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Vaast, dating from the seventeenth century.
- The chapel at Rocourt, also dating from the seventeenth century.
- An old farmhouseFarmhouseFarmhouse is a general term for the main house of a farm. It is a type of building or house which serves a residential purpose in a rural or agricultural setting. Most often, the surrounding environment will be a farm. Many farm houses are shaped like a T...