Hermin
Encyclopedia
Hermin is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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on the D72 near its junction with the D341 road. A small stream, the Hermin, flows through the commune.
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 small farming village, situated some 14 miles (22.5 km) northwest of ArrasArras
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...
on the D72 near its junction with the D341 road. A small stream, the Hermin, flows through the commune.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Leger, dating from the sixteenth century.
- The vestiges of the motteMotte-and-baileyA motte-and-bailey is a form of castle, with a wooden or stone keep situated on a raised earthwork called a motte, accompanied by an enclosed courtyard, or bailey, surrounded by a protective ditch and palisade...
of a feudal castle.