Trescault
Encyclopedia
Trescault is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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, 24 miles (38.6 km) southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D17 and D15 roads and on the border with the department of Nord.
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
Trescault is surrounded by the forest of HavrincourtHavrincourt
Havrincourt is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in Nord-Pas-de-Calais in France.-Situation:The village lies about 14 kilometres south-west of Cambrai near the Havrincourt service area on the Autoroute A2...
, 24 miles (38.6 km) southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D17 and D15 roads and on the border with the department of Nord.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Martin, rebuilt, as with much of the village, after the First World War.
- 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.