Ors

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Coordinates: 50°06′01″N 3°38′05″E / 50.1002777778, 3.63472222222

Commune of Ors Ors - center of the village, canal and church
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Intercommunality	Haute Sambre-Bois l'Évêque
Mayor	Jacky Duminy (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	133 m–167 m (avg. 159 m)
Land area¹	17.76 km²
Population² (1999)	712
- Density	40/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	59450/ 59360
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.

Ors is a commune of the Nord département, in northern France. It is located on the Sambre-Oise Canal, on the confines of a small wood called Bois l'Évêque.

It was a theatre of intense fighting for the control of the canal in November 1918. Wilfred Owen was killed there, a week before the Armistice and is buried at the Communal Cemetery.

It is famous for its yearly sea jousting competition on the canal every August 15. Sea jousting has been played there since the Middle Ages.

[edit] Monuments

The church, Église de l'Assomption, was built from 1851 à 1872.

[edit] External links

• Société des Jouteurs Sauveteurs d'Ors