Villers-Sir-Simon
Encyclopedia
Villers-Sir-Simon is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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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
Villers-Sir-Simon is situated some 18 miles (29 km) west of Arras, at the junction of the D77 and D54 roads.Population
Places of interest
- Commemorative stone to the American aviators who died when their plane crashed nearby on the 27th August 1943.
- The church of St.Eloi, dating from the nineteenth century.