Carency

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Coordinates: 50°22′45″N 2°42′18″E / 50.3791666667, 2.705

Commune of Carency
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Arras
Canton	Vimy
Intercommunality	Communauté d'agglomération de Lens-Liévin
Mayor	Justin Clairet (2008-2014)
Statistics
Elevation	79–152 (avg. 111)
Land area¹	8,6 km²
Population² (2004)	700
- Density	85/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	62213/ 62144
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

[edit] Geography

A farming village located 8 miles (13km) northwest of Arras on the D58 road. Carency is also the name of the brook which constitutes the course upstream of the Deûle river and which flows through the village.

[edit] Population

[edit] Places of interest

• The church of St.Aignan, rebuilt, along with most of the village, after the destruction of World War I.
• Vestiges of a 13th century castle.

Carency was heavily damaged during World War I. This image shows it after it was recaptured by French troops.

[edit] People with links to the commune

François Faber, winner of the 1909 Tour de France, died here fighting in the Second Battle of Artois, on May 9, 1915, during World War I.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

[edit] External links

• Carency on the Quid website (French)
• Communaupole of Lens-Liévin website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the original and the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on June 10th 2008.

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