Souchez

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Souchez is a commune of northern France, in the département of Pas-de-Calais. Population (1999): 2,200.

One finds there the military cemeteries of the Commonwealth Zouave Valley Cemetery and Red Cabaret, as well as the European Center of the Peace, which presents in particular a collection of objects of the First World War .

Souchez belongs to the communauté d'agglomération of Lens-Liévin (Communaupole) which gathers 36 communes, with a total population of 250,000 inhabitants.

Souchez is a brook, upstream of Deûle which crosses the village.

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Coordinates: 50°23′N, 2°45′E