Sains-lès-Marquion

French commune
name= Sains-lès-Marquion
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Marquion
insee=62739
cp=62860
maire=Guy De Saint-Aubert
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de Marquion
longitude=3.07361111111
latitude=50.1947222222
alt moy=48 m
alt mini=46 m
alt maxi=88 m
hectares=626
km²=6,26
sans=300
date-sans=1 999
dens=47|

Sains-lès-Marquion is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A farming village some Convert|19|mi|km|0 southeast of Arras, at the junction of the D15 and D16 roads.

Population

Places of interest

* The church of St. Saturnine, rebuilt along with much of the village after World War I.
* The war memorial.
* The Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2102502&mode=1 The CWGC military cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=65903&mode=1 Quarry Wood CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=25600&mode=1 Ontario CWGC cemetery]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27224&req=Sains-lès-Marquion Sains-lès-Marquion on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 2nd 2008."