Ors
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Ors is a commune
in the Nord department in northern France
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It is located on the Sambre–Oise Canal, in a small wood called Bois l'Évêque.
was killed there, a week before the Armistice
, and is buried at the Communal Cemetery beside many of his men.
Ors is famous for its yearly sea jousting
competition on the canal every August 15. Sea jousting has been played there since the Middle Ages.
The church, Église de l'Assomption, was built from 1851 to 1872.
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 Nord 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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It is located on the Sambre–Oise Canal, in a small wood called Bois l'Évêque.
History
The commune was a theater of intense fighting in November 1918 for control of the canal. Second Lieutenant Wilfred OwenWilfred Owen
Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC was an English poet and soldier, one of the leading poets of the First World War...
was killed there, a week before the Armistice
Armistice
An armistice is a situation in a war where the warring parties agree to stop fighting. It is not necessarily the end of a war, but may be just a cessation of hostilities while an attempt is made to negotiate a lasting peace...
, and is buried at the Communal Cemetery beside many of his men.
Ors is famous for its yearly sea jousting
Sea jousting
Water jousting is a sport practised principally in France and also Switzerland and Germany. It is a form of jousting where the adversaries carrying a lance and protected only by a shield stand on a platform on the stern of a boat. The boat is propelled by oarsmen or, in some cases, a motor may be...
competition on the canal every August 15. Sea jousting has been played there since the Middle Ages.
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