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Clockwise from top: A row of Flemish-Baroque-style townhouses, the Saint-Vaast Abbey, a colorful house, the Vauban Citadel, and the Town Hall and its Belfry | ||
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
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Coordinates: 50°17′23″N 2°46′51″E / 50.2897°N 2.7808°E / 50.2897; 2.7808Coordinates: 50°17′23″N 2°46′51″E / 50.2897°N 2.7808°E / 50.2897; 2.7808 | ||
Country | France | |
Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais | |
Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
Arrondissement | Arras | |
Intercommunality | Arras | |
Government | ||
• Mayor (2012–2014) | Frédéric Leturque | |
Area | ||
• Land1 | 11.63 km2 (4.49 sq mi) | |
Population (2012) | ||
• Population2 | 43,693 | |
• Population2 Density | 3,800/km2 (9,700/sq mi) | |
INSEE/Postal code | 62041 / 62000 | |
Elevation | 52–99 m (171–325 ft) (avg. 72 m or 236 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
Arras (French pronunciation: [aʁɑːs]; Dutch: Atrecht) is the capital 'chef-lieu' of the Pas-de-Calais department. It is part of the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region, France’s fourth most populous region. It is located in Northern France on the Scarpe river. Established during the Iron Age by the Gauls, the city of Arras was first known as Nemetocenna, which is believed to have originated from the Celtic word nemeton, meaning 'sacred space'. The first mention of the name Arras appeared in the 12th century. Some hypothesize it is a contraction of Atrebates, a Belgic tribe of Gaul and Britain that used to inhabit the area. The name Atrebates could have successively evolved to become Atrades, Atradis, Aras and finally Arras. Others believe it comes from the Celtic word Ar, meaning 'running water', as the Scarpe river flows through Arras.[1][2]
Arras is Pas-de-Calais’ third most populous city after Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer. The city counts 43,693 residents (2012) while the Arras metropolitan area gathers a population of 124,200.[3][4] It is located 182 kilometers (113 miles) north of Paris and can be reached in 2 hours by car and 45 minutes by train/TGV. It is the historic center of the Artois region. Its local speech is characterized as a patois. The city of Arras is well known for its architecture, culture and history. It was once part of the Spanish Netherlands, a portion of the Low Countries controlled by Spain from 1556 to 1714.
Each year Arras attracts thousands of visitors, who can explore the city's architecture and historic buildings. The most famous attractions include: the visit of the Town Hall, the ascent of the Belfry (listed as an UNESCO World Heritage Site since July 15, 2005), the underground garden of the Boves (Le Jardin des Boves, a maze 10 meters beneath the city), the Squares (La Place des Héros and La Grande Place), the Art District (the Theatre of Arras and the Hôtel de Guînes), the Abbey District (The Saint-Vaast Abbey and the Cathedral of Arras), the Vauban Citadel, and the Nemetacum site (the ancient town founded by the Romans 2,000 years ago).[5]
Unlike many French words, the final s in the name Arras should be pronounced.
Arras was founded on the hill of Baudimont by the Belgae tribe of the Atrebates, who named it Nemetacum or Nemetocenna in reference to a nemeton that probably existed there. It was later renamed Atrebatum by the Romans, under whom it became an important garrison town.[6][7]
The town's people were converted to Christianity in the late 4th century by Saint Inoccent, who was killed in 410 during a barbarian attack on the town. Around 130 years later, St. Vedast (also known as St. Vaast) established an episcopal see in the town and a monastic community, which developed during the Carolingian period into the immensely wealthy Benedictine Abbey of St. Vaast. The modern town of Arras initially grew up around the abbey as a grain market. Both town and abbey suffered during the 9th century from the attacks of the Vikings, who later settled to the west in Normandy. The abbey revived its strength in the 11th century and played an important role in the development of medieval painting, successfully synthesising the artistic styles of Carolingian, Ottonian and English art.[8]
In 1025 a Catholic council was held at Arras against certain Manichaean (dualistic) heretics who rejected the sacraments of the Church. In 1097, two councils, presided over by Lambert of Arras, dealt with questions concerning monasteries and persons consecrated to God. In this time, Arras became an important cultural center, especially for the group of poets who came to be known as trouvères. One particular society of such poets was later called the Puy d'Arras.
The town was granted a commercial charter by the French crown in 1180 and became an internationally important location for banking and trade. The wool industry of Arras, established in the 4th century, became of great importance during the Middle Ages. By the 14th century it had gained renown and considerable wealth from the cloth and wool industry, and was particularly well known for its production of fine tapestries—so much so that in English and Italian the word "arras" (in Italian, "arazzi") was adopted to refer to tapestries in general.[8] The patronage of wealthy cloth merchants ensured that the town became an important cultural centre, with major figures such as the poet Jean Bodel and the trouvere Adam de la Halle making their homes in Arras.
The ownership of the town was, however, repeatedly disputed along with the rest of Artois. During the Middle Ages, possession of Arras passed to a variety of feudal rulers and fiefs, including the County of Flanders, the Duchy of Burgundy, the Spanish branch of the House of Habsburg and the French crown. The town was the site of the Congress of Arras in 1435, an unsuccessful attempt to end the Hundred Years' War that resulted in the Burgundians breaking their alliance with the English. After the death of Duke Charles the Bold of Burgundy in 1477, King Louis XI of France took control of Arras but the town's inhabitants, still loyal to the Burgundians, expelled the French. This prompted Louis XI to besiege Arras in person and, after taking it by assault, he had the town's walls razed and its inhabitants expelled, to be replaced by more loyal subjects from other parts of France. In a bid to erase the town's identity completely, Louis renamed it temporarily to Franchise. In 1482, the Peace of Arras was signed in the town to end a war between Louis XI and Maximilian I of Austria; ten years later, the town was ceded to Maximilian. It was eventually bequeathed to the Spanish Habsburgs as part of the Spanish Netherlands.[9][10] Arras remained under Habsburg rule from 1493 until 1640 when it was captured by the French. The Spanish ceded it by the peace treaty in 1659 and it has since remained French.
The Union of Atrecht (the Dutch name for Arras) was signed here in January 1579 by the Catholic principalities of the Low Countries that remained loyal to King Philip II of Habsburg; it provoked the declaration of the Union of Utrecht later the same month.
During the First World War, Arras was near the front and a series of battles were fought around the city, and nearby Vimy Ridge. A series of medieval tunnels beneath the city, linked and greatly expanded by the New Zealand Tunnelling Company, became a decisive factor in the British forces holding the city.[11] The city, however, was heavily damaged and had to be rebuilt after the war. In the Second World War, during the invasion of France in May 1940, the town was the focus of a major British counterattack. The town was occupied by the Germans and 240 suspected French Resistance members were executed in the Arras citadel. On 3 September 1944 the town was entered and liberated by the British Guards Armoured Division.
In September 1993 Ipswich and Arras became twin towns, and a square in the new Ipswich Buttermarket development was named Arras Square to mark the relationship.[12]
Arras is located in Northern France in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region. Nord-Pas-de-Calais is divided in 2 departments: Nord and Pas-de-Calais. Arras is in the south-east part of the Pas-de-Calais department. By car, it is 182 kilometers (113 miles) north of Paris, 110 kilometers (68 miles) east of the English Channel, 152 kilometers (94 miles) south of Brussels, and 335 kilometers (208 miles) south of Amsterdam. The city's total area is 1163 hectares/11.63 square kilometers (4.49 square miles). The lowest point in the city is at 52 meters (170.60 feet) above sea level and the highest is at 99 meters (324.80 feet).
The soil of Arras is primarily composed of chalk, a soft, white, porous sedimentary rock that formed what is called the European stratigraphic unit. That Chalk Group deposited during the late Cretaceous Period 90 million years ago. It used to be extracted to construct the most prestigious buildings and houses of Arras. As a result residents once nicknamed the city La ville blanche (the White Town). The Arras area soil is also composed of clay, which was used to produce bricks, build less noble buildings, and embellish facades. Clay is mostly found in the lieu-dit of La Terre Potier in the western part of the city.
The level of earthquake hazard in the Arras area is low, as is it in the whole Pas-de-Calais department.
Arras mainly experiences an oceanic climate due to its proximity of the English Channel (La Manche). Arras' oceanic climate is characterized by frequent rains in all seasons. The temperatures are generally mild thanks to the proximity of the sea and the thermal amplitude is low. However, the city can sometimes experience brief cold temperatures as it is at the crossroads between oceanic and continental influences. Therefore the city's climate can also be referred as semi-oceanic (known as a climat océanique dégradé in French).
Historical population | ||
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Year | Pop. | ±% |
1793 | 21,019 | — |
1800 | 19,958 | −5.0% |
1806 | 19,286 | −3.4% |
1821 | 19,798 | +2.7% |
1831 | 23,419 | +18.3% |
1836 | 23,485 | +0.3% |
1841 | 24,439 | +4.1% |
1846 | 26,956 | +10.3% |
1851 | 25,271 | −6.3% |
1856 | 26,216 | +3.7% |
1861 | 25,905 | −1.2% |
1866 | 25,749 | −0.6% |
1872 | 27,329 | +6.1% |
1876 | 26,764 | −2.1% |
1881 | 27,041 | +1.0% |
1886 | 26,914 | −0.5% |
1891 | 25,701 | −4.5% |
1896 | 26,144 | +1.7% |
1901 | 25,813 | −1.3% |
1906 | 24,921 | −3.5% |
1911 | 26,080 | +4.7% |
1921 | 24,835 | −4.8% |
1926 | 29,718 | +19.7% |
1931 | 29,490 | −0.8% |
1936 | 31,488 | +6.8% |
1946 | 33,345 | +5.9% |
1954 | 36,242 | +8.7% |
1962 | 41,761 | +15.2% |
1968 | 49,144 | +17.7% |
1975 | 46,483 | −5.4% |
1982 | 41,736 | −10.2% |
1990 | 38,983 | −6.6% |
1999 | 40,535 | +4.0% |
2006 | 42,015 | +3.7% |
2009 | 42,049 | +0.1% |
2012 | 43,693 | +3.9% |
As of 2012, the Arras' population is 43,693 for a density of 3,756.92 people per square kilometers (9,880.69 per square miles). The residents go by the name of Arrageois (male) and Arrageoise (female). The Arras metropolitan area gathers a population of 124,200.
Arras is part of the académie de Lille (Lille's School District). There are 11 écoles maternelles (nursery schools), 11 écoles primaires (elementary schools), 8 collèges (junior high schools) and 7 lycées (high schools) within the city.
The city center is marked by two large squares, La Grand' Place and La Place des Héros, also called La Petite Place. The two squares are surrounded by a unique architectural ensemble of 155 Flemish-Baroque-style townhouses. These were built in the 17th and 18th century and were initially made of wood. In 1918, after the end of World War I, most of the townhouses were so severely damaged that they had to be restored to their pre-war conditions. They now made of bricks.[13]
The Gothic Town Hall and its Belfry were constructed between 1463 and 1554 and had to be rebuilt in a slightly less grandiose style after World War I. The Belfry is 75 meters (246 feet) high and used to serve as a watchtower. Nowadays tourists can enjoy ascending the Belfry.[14]
The original 19th-century Cathedral was constructed between 1030 and 1396 and was one of the most beautiful Gothic structures in Northern France. It was destroyed during the French Revolution.
The Boves, a well-preserved underground network of galleries 10 meters beneath the city, was built in the 10th century and can now be visited by tourists. The idea was to set up a vast underground network to make all inhabitant's cellars communicate by means of galleries. Excavation material (chalk) was not wasted but rather used to construct houses. During World War I and World War II, the Boves was utilized as an underground bunker to hide and protect residents and valued materials from falling bombs.
The Art District is renowned for its Italian-style theatre hall built in 1785 and the Hôtel de Guînes, a private 18th-century townhouse that attracts artists, designers and producers of intimist shows.
Many of Arras's most remarkable structures, including the Musée des beaux-arts d'Arras and several government buildings, occupy the site of the old Abbaye de Saint-Vaast. The abbey's church was demolished and rebuilt in fashionable classical style in 1833, and now serves as the town's cathedral. The design was chosen by the one-time Abbot of St Vaast, the Cardinal de Rohan, and is stark in its simplicity, employing a vast number of perpendicular angles. There is a fine collection of statuary within the church and it houses a number of religious relics.
Built between 1667 and 1672, the Vauban Citadel has been nicknamed La belle inutile (the beautiful useless) by residents as the city has never been attacked since its construction. However the site remains a great architectural achievement for a 17th-century military structure. Within the citadel on the side of La Place de Manœuvre a small Baroque-style chapel was built. Outside, Le Mur des Fusillés (the wall of the people executed by a firing squad) pays tribute to the 218 members of the French Resistance shot in the citadel's ditch during World War II. The Fortifications of Vauban, that include the citadel of Arras and eleven other sites, are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites since July 7, 2008.[15]
Arras holds the biggest Christmas Market north of Paris every year from the end of November to the end of December. Around 80 exhibitors offer a wide selection of arts and crafts, as well as local delicacies like chocolate rats, Atrébate beer and Coeurs d'Arras – heart-shaped biscuits which come in two flavours; ginger and cheese. Entertainment includes cooking lessons with chefs, craft demonstrations, a merry-go-round, a ferris wheel, an ice-skating rink and heated shelters. It also offers native products from International locations such as Canada, Vietnam, Morocco, Indonesia, Africa and gourmet regional specialities from different parts of France: Auvergne, Savoie, South-Western France and Nord-Pas-de-Calais.[16]
The Main Square Festival is held for several days in early July within the Vauban Citadel, attracting tens of thousands of attendees and playing host to major acts such as The Chemical Brothers, Coldplay, Imagine Dragons, David Guetta and The Black Eyed Peas.
The Festival international du film d'Arras is a popular film festival held for ten days in November.
Le jardin botanique Floralpina is a private botanical garden specializing in alpine plants. It opens every year on the last Sunday of May and can be visited by appointment.
Two buildings in Arras are listed as UNESCO World Heritage Sites:
The Vimy Memorial is a memorial just north of the town honouring a major World War I battle, the Battle of Vimy Ridge, which marked the first time Canada fielded an entire army of her own. Four Canadian divisions fought there on Easter weekend 1917. The Battle of Vimy Ridge was part of the broader Allied offensive in April known as the Battle of Arras. Vimy was the only victory the Allies would enjoy during their 1917 spring offensive. The Basilica of Notre Dame de Lorette cemetery, overlooking the nearby village of Ablain-Saint-Nazaire, likewise stands before one of France's largest World War I necropolises. Part of an extensive network of tunnels dug in World War I by British Empire soldiers can be visited at the Carrière Wellington museum in the suburbs.
The Gare d'Arras railway station is served by a purpose-built branch of the LGV Nord high speed railway, with regular TGV services to Paris (45 minutes). There are also regular trains to Lille, Amiens, Dunkerque and several regional destinations.
La Gare d'Arras offers service through TGV (High-speed train) and TER Nord-Pas-de-Calais (Regular trains).
Ligne Saint-Omer / Dunkerque - Lens - Arras - Paris-Nord
Ligne Valenciennes - Douai - Arras - Paris-Nord
Ligne Lille-Europe - Lyon - Marseille
Ligne Lille-Europe - Rennes
Ligne Lille-Europe - Nantes - Saint-Nazaire
Ligne Lille-Europe - Bordeaux
Ligne 2 : Lille - Douai - Arras - Amiens - Rouen
Ligne 6 : Arras - Hazebrouck - Dunkerque
Ligne 7 : Arras - Hazebrouck - Calais
Ligne 14 : Arras - Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise - Etaples - Boulogne-sur-Mer
Ligne Lille - Arras (TERGV)
L'autoroute A1 (The A1 highway) is a tollway that connects Arras with Lille and Paris. As part of the European 'inter-country' route E15, it also connects Arras with The United Kingdom and Spain as well as the northern and southern parts of France. L'autoroute A26 (The A26 highway) connects Arras with Calais and Reims.
L'autoroute A1 connecting Arras with Paris and Lille
L'autoroute A26 connecting Arras with Calais and Reims
The European route E 15 connecting Arras with The United Kingdom and Spain as well as the northern and southern parts of France
Arras was one of the centers of trouvère poetry, and trouvères from Arras include:
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