Souchez
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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 ° 46' E | |
| height | 62–157 m | |
| surface | 6.75 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,496 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 370 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 62153 | |
| INSEE code | 62801 | |
| Website | http://www.mairie-souchez.fr/ | |
 Town Hall (Mairie) of Souchez |
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Souchez is a French commune in the department of Pas-de-Calais in the region of Hauts-de-France . Souchez belongs to the Arrondissement of Lens and the Canton of Bully-les-Mines (until 2015: Canton of Vimy ). The municipality has 2,496 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2017) who call themselves Souchézois .
geography
Souchez is located about seven kilometers southwest of Lens on the Deûle River , which arises here and into which the Souchez river of the same name flows. Souchez is surrounded by the neighboring communities of Angres in the north, Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the east, Neuville-Saint-Vaast in the south, Carency in the southwest, Ablain-Saint-Nazaire in the west and Aix-Noulette in the northwest.
The A26 autoroute and the former Route nationale 37 (today's D937) run through the municipality .
| Population development | ||||||||
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| year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2012 |
| Residents | 1,652 | 1,800 | 1,862 | 1,872 | 2,031 | 2.176 | 2,291 | 2,587 |
Attractions
- Saint-Nicolas church, destroyed in World War I, rebuilt from 1928 to 1931
- Saint-Aignan church
- British military cemetery
- Canadian Military Cemetery
Saint-Nicolas church
