Ors

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Ors
Center of the village, canal, and church
Center of the village, canal, and church
Ors is located in France
Ors
Ors
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Location within Nord-Pas-de-Calais region
Ors is located in Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Ors
Ors
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Country France
Region Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department Nord
Arrondissement Cambrai
Canton Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Intercommunality Caudrésis–Catésis
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jacky Duminy
Area1 17.76 km2 (6.86 sq mi)
Population (2009)2 660
 • Density 37/km2 (96/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 59450 / 59360
Elevation 133–167 m (436–548 ft)
(avg. 159 m or 522 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ors is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

It is located on the Sambre–Oise Canal, in a small wood called Bois l'Évêque.

History

The commune was an area of intense fighting in November 1918 for control of the canal. Second Lieutenant Wilfred Owen was killed in action there, a week before the Armistice, and is buried at the Communal Cemetery beside many of his men. The village's new (2014) primary school is named for Owen.[1]

Ors is famous for its yearly water jousting competition on the canal every August 15. Water jousting has been played there since the Middle Ages.

Heraldry

Arms of Ors
The arms of Ors are blazoned :

Or, 3 lions azure, on a chief gules, a demi-'Notre-Dame-de-Grâce de carnation' issuant from the line of division, vested gules and azure and holding in her left arm the Baby Jesus. (Boursies, Cattenières, Carnières, Estrun, Maresches, Onnaing, Ors, Orsinval, Thun-l'Évêque and originally, Notre-Dame de Cambrai, use the same arms.)



Monuments

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

Ors Communal Cemetery

The Ors Communal Cemetery is also the burial place of Wilfred Owen, the British war poet. There is also a memorial to Owen.

The Wilson Owen Memorial in Ors

See also

References

  1. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.English newspaper story, coincidentally printed on Armistice Day 2014

External links

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