Sains-lès-Marquion
Encyclopedia
Sains-lès-Marquion is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
.
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...
.
Geography
Sains-lès-Marquion lies about 19 miles (31 km) southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D15 and D16 roads.Population
Places of interest
- The church of St. SaturnineSaturninaSaint Saturnina is venerated as a Christian virgin martyr, “now believed to most likely be purely legendary.”-Legend:Her legend states that she came from a noble German family , and that she took a vow of celibacy at the age of twelve. When her parents forced her into marriage when she turned...
, rebuilt along with much of the village after 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...
. - The war memorial.
- The Commonwealth War Graves CommissionCommonwealth War Graves CommissionThe Commonwealth War Graves Commission is an intergovernmental organisation of six independent member states whose principal function is to mark, record and maintain the graves, and places of commemoration, of Commonwealth of Nations military service members who died in the two World Wars...
cemeteries.