Le Transloy
Encyclopedia
Le Transloy is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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and the D19 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
Le Transloy is situated 18 miles (29 km) south of Arras, at the junction of the N17Route nationale 17
The Route nationale 17, or RN17, is a trunk road in France connecting Paris to the frontier with Belgium.-Reclassification:...
and the D19 roads.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Nicholas, rebuilt along with the rest of the village, following World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. - A memorial to 800 French soldiers killed during fighting around BapaumeBapaumeBapaume is a commune and the seat of a canton in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.-Geography:A farming and light industrial town located 10 miles south of Arras at the junction of the A1 autoroute and the N17 and N30 national roads its location is...
, in 1914.