Arras

Arras is an attractive town in the region of . It was much fought-over in World War I and is mainly visited by tourists travelling from or to the nearby ports of and .
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Arras station and Musée des beaux-arts d’Arras.

Railway station
Photo: Floflo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a railway station serving the town , department, northern . This station, which opened in 1846, is located on the Paris–Lille railway and Arras-Dunkirk railway and accessible from LGV Nord.

Museum
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 4.0.
The Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras is located in the old Abbey of St. Vaast in , in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.

Town hall
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 4.0.
The is a historic building in , , northern , standing at the northwest end of the Place Des Heros in the centre of the town, and its bell-tower representing the main landmark in the town.

Arras

Latitude
50.2893° or 50° 17′ 22″ north
Longitude
2.7809° or 2° 46′ 51″ east
Population
40,900
Elevation
77 metres (253 feet)
Open location code
9F247QQJ+P9
Geo­Names ID
6618442
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Arras” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “أراس”
  • Bulgarian: “Арас”
  • Catalan: “Arràs”
  • Chinese: “阿拉斯”
  • French: “Arras”
  • Hebrew: “אראס”
  • Japanese: “アラス”
  • Latin: “Nemetacum”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Arràs”
  • Picard: “Aro”
  • Russian: “Аррас”
  • Serbian: “Арас”
  • Spanish: “Arrás”
  • Tamil: “அராஸ்”
  • Thai: “อารัส”
  • Ukrainian: “Аррас”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Arras Cathedral and Abbaye Saint-Vaast d’Arras.

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