Baralle
Encyclopedia
Baralle 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
A farming village located 15 miles (24 km) southeast of Arras at the junction of the D14, D16 and D19 roads. The entire commune was obliterated during World War IWorld War I
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Population
Places of interest
- The ruins of an early castle.
- The church of St. Georges, dating from the twentieth century.