Souchez | |
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![]() The Souchez river | |
Coordinates: 50°23′29″N 2°44′37″E / 50.3914°N 2.7436°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Pas-de-Calais |
Arrondissement | Lens |
Canton | Bully-les-Mines |
Intercommunality | CA Lens-Liévin |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Marie Alexandre[1] |
Area 1 | 6.75 km2 (2.61 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 2,658 |
• Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 62801 /62153 |
Elevation | 62–157 m (203–515 ft) (avg. 97 m or 318 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Souchez (French pronunciation: [suʃe]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3] It is located 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) northwest of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the missing First World War Canadian soldiers with no known grave; the Memorial is also the site of two Canadian cemeteries.[4]
The ridge runs in a direction from Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the north-west to Farbus in the south-east.
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