Vélu
Encyclopedia
Vélu 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
Vélu is situated some 20 miles (32.2 km) southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D18 and the D18E roads.Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Amand, rebuilt, along with much of the village, after World War IWorld War IWorld War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
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