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Arras, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francei
Regional Level Types
ArrasCommune
ArrasArrondissement
Pas-de-CalaisDepartment
Hauts-de-FranceRegion
FranceCountry

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Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Arras47,052 (2016)
Mindat Locality ID:
362084
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:362084:0
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other Languages:
English:
Arras, arrondissement of Arras
French:
Arras, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France
German:
Arras, Arras, Département Pas-de-Calais, Nordfrankreich, Frankreich
Italian:
Arras, arrondissement di Arras, Passo di Calais, Alta Francia, Francia
Russian:
Аррас, Аррас, Па-де-Кале, О-де-Франс, Франция
Simplified Chinese:
阿拉斯, 阿拉斯, 加来海峡省, 上法兰西大区, 法国
Spanish:
Arrás, Arrás, Paso de Calais, Alta Francia, Francia
Afrikaans:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankryk
Albanian:
Arras, Qarku Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Epërmet e Francës, Franca
Arabic:
أراس, باد كاليه, شمال فرنسا, فرنسا
Aragonese:
Arras, Paso de Calais, Altos de Francia, Francia
Armenian:
Առաս, Պա-դը-Կալե, Օ-դը-Ֆրանս, Ֆրանսիա
Asturian:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Alta Francia, Francia
Azeri:
Arras, Arras (rayon), Pa-dе-Kale , O-de-Frans, Fransa
Bambara:
Arras, Faransi
Basque:
Arras, Arraseko barrutia, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frantzia
Bavarian:
Arras, Hauts-de-France, Frankreich
Belarusian:
Арас, Арас, Па-дэ-Кале , рэгіён О-дэ-Франс, Францыя
Breton:
Arras, arondisamant Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Bro-C'hall
Bulgarian:
Арас, Арас, Па дьо Кале, О дьо Франс, Франция
Catalan:
Arràs, Arràs, Pas de Calais, Alts de França, França
Cebuano:
Arras, Arrondissement d'Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Pransiya
Chechen:
Аррас, Па-де-Кале, Франци
Corsican:
Arras, Francia
Croatian:
Arras, Francuska
Czech:
Arras, Arrondissement Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francie
Danish:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrig
Dutch:
Atrecht, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrijk
Dutch Low Saxon:
Arras, Opper-Frankriek, Frankriek
Esperanto:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francio
Estonian:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais' departemang, Prantsusmaa
Faroese:
Arras, Frakland
Farsi/Persian:
آراس, آراس, پا-دو-کاله, او-دو-فرانس, فرانسه
Finnish:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Ranska
Franco-Provençal:
Arras, Pâs-de-Calês, France
Friulian:
Arras, France
Galician:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Alta Francia, Francia
Georgian:
არასი, პა-დე-კალე, საფრანგეთი
Greek:
Αράς, Διαμέρισμα του Αράς, Πα-ντε-Καλαί, Ω-ντε-Φρανς, Γαλλία
Greenlandic:
Arras, Franskit Nunaat
Hebrew:
אראס, אראס, פה-דה-קאלה, או-דה-פראנס, צרפת
Hungarian:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Felső-Franciaország, Franciaország
Icelandic:
Arras, Frakkland
Ido:
Arras, Francia
Indonesian:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Perancis
Interlingua:
Arras, Departimento Pas-de-Calais, Francia
Interlingue:
Arras, Francia
Irish Gaelic:
Arras, An Fhrainc
Jamaican Patois:
Arras, Frans
Japanese:
アラス, アラス, パ=ド=カレー県, オー=ド=フランス地域圏, フランス
Kabyle:
Arras, Fransa
Kazakh (Cyrillic Script):
Аррас, Аррас, Па-де-Кале, Франция
Kongo:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Fwalansa
Korean:
아라스, 아라스, 파드칼레주, 오드프랑스, 프랑스
Latin:
Nemetacum, Nemetacum, Fretum Calisii, Alta Franciae, Francia
Latvian:
Arrasa, Arrasa, Padekalē, Francija
Ligurian:
Arras, Fransa
Limburgian:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankriek
Lithuanian:
Arasas, Arasas, Pa de Kalė, Aukštutinė Prancūzija, Prancūzija
Lombard:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Frància
Low Saxon/Low German:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Frankriek
Luxembourgish:
Arras, Arrondissement Arras, Departement Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankräich
Macedonian:
Арас, Па де Кале, Горна Франција, Франција
Malagasy:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Frantsa
Malay:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Perancis
Mazanderani:
ار (فرانسه), فرانسه
Minangkabau:
Arras, Parancih
Minnan / Hokkien-Taiwanese:
Arras, Arras Kūn, Pas-de-Calais, Hoat-kok
Narom:
Arras, France
Neapolitan:
Arras, Franza
Norwegian (Nynorsk):
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrike
Occitan:
Arràs, Arràs, Pas de Calais, Nauts de França, França
Papiamento:
Arras, Fransia
Pennsylvania German:
Aro, Aro, Frankreich
Picard:
Aro, Pas-Calés, Heuts-d'Franche, Franche
Piedmontese:
Arras, Dipartiment ëd Pass ëd Calais, Fransa
Polish:
Arras, Okręg Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Francja
Portuguese:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Altos da França, França
Romanian:
Arras, Arondismentul Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Nord - Pasul Calais și Picardia, Franța
Romansh:
Arras, Frantscha
Sardinian:
Arras, Frantza
Scots:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Fraunce
Scottish Gaelic:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, An Fhraing
Serbian:
Арас, Арас, Па де Кале, О де Франс, Француска
Serbo-Croatian:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Francuska
Sicilian:
Arras, Francia
Silesian:
Arras (Francyjo), Francyjŏ
Slovak:
Arras, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Pikardia, Francúzsko
Slovenian:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Francija
Swahili:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Ufaransa
Swedish:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Frankrike
Tagalog:
Arras, Pransiya
Tamil:
அராஸ், அராஸ், பாஸ்-டி -கலாய்ஸ், பிரான்சு
Thai:
อารัส, อารัส, จังหวัดปาดกาแล, แคว้นโอดฟร็องส์, ประเทศฝรั่งเศส
Turkish:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Fransa
Ukrainian:
Аррас, Аррас, Па-де-Кале, О-де-Франс, Франція
Urdu:
آراس, آراس, پا دے کالے, او دے فرانس, فرانس
Venetian:
Arras, Paso de Calè, Fransa
Vietnamese:
Arras, Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Pháp
Volapük:
Arras, Fransän
Walloon:
Arras, France
Waray:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Fransya
Welsh:
Arras, Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, Ffrainc
West Flemish:
Arras, Nauw van Kales, Hauts-de-France, Vrankryk
West Frisian:
Arras, Opper-Frankryk, Frankryk
Wolof:
Arras, Faraas
Wu Chinese:
阿拉斯, 加来海峡省, 法国
Zulu:
Arras, IFulansi


Arras (/ˈærəs/ ARR-əs, French: [aʁɑs]; Picard: Aros; historical Dutch: Atrecht [ˈaːtrɛxt]) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The historic centre of the Artois region, with a Baroque town square, Arras is in northern France at the confluence of the rivers Scarpe and Crinchon.

The Arras plain is on a large chalk plateau bordered on the north by the Marqueffles fault, on the southwest by the Artois and Ternois hills, and on the south by the slopes of Beaufort-Blavincourt. On the east, it is connected to the Scarpe valley.

Established during the Iron Age by the Gauls, the town of Arras was first known as Nemetocenna, which is believed to have originated from the Celtic word nemeton, meaning 'sacred space'.

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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arras
Wikidata ID:Q131329
GeoNames ID:6618442


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