#Pas-de-Calais

• Arras — An important historical town situated in northern France, the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department, famous for its Flemish Baroque architecture, its two grand squares (Grand'Place and Place des Héros), and its priceless medieval tapestries. In universal history, the locality is renowned as a major theatre of operations during World War I (Battle of Arras) and for treaties signed here during the feudal era.
• Artois — A historical region and former province in northern France, located in the modern Pas-de-Calais department, famous for its chalky plains and World War I battlefields. In hydrogeology, the name of this region is the core entity from which the term artesian well originates, due to the first wells of this type drilled there in the 12th century.