Ablain-Saint-Nazaire
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais | |
| Arrondissement | Lens | |
| Canton | Bully-les-Mines | |
| Community association | Lens-Liévin | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 24 ' N , 2 ° 43' E | |
| height | 77-188 m | |
| surface | 9.85 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,772 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 180 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62153 | |
| INSEE code | 62001 | |
| Website | http://www.ablain-st-nazaire.com/ | |
Ablain-Saint-Nazaire is a French commune with 1,772 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France (formerly Nord-Pas-de-Calais ). It belongs to the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens-Liévin , which includes 36 municipalities. The Saint-Nazaire is a stream above the Deûle that crosses the village.
In the community which is military cemetery "Notre-Dame-de-Lorette" to the Fallen of the First World War - including from the Second Battle of Artois in 1915 - rest 20,000 soldiers in individual graves and charnel houses the remains of once more than 20,000 dead. On the Muslim burial ground, 576 graves are oriented towards Mecca . With a size of 13 hectares, it is the largest French military cemetery from the First World War. In the middle of the cemetery is the 52 m high Mémorial de Notre-Dame-de-Lorette . Also on the site is the Notre-Dame-de-Lorette basilica in Romano-Byzantine style, inaugurated in 1925. In 2014 the circular international memorial to the fallen was opened with almost 580,000 engraved names of the fallen.
Church
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette memorial
Military cemetery
Church ruin
Another memorial is the former church from the 16th century, which was destroyed in 1915 like the whole place. Unlike the houses of the residents, the church was not rebuilt, but as a ruin is a memorial to the horrors of war.
population
The population fluctuated during the 19th century with a slight increase in population. After it had risen sharply from the turn of the century in 1900 to the First World War , the population fell by over 20% by 1921. Since then the population has increased continuously to the current level.
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Web links
- Website of the municipality (French)