Arras

Arras is a city and commune in northern France, pr?fecture (capital) of the Pas-de-Calais d?partement. In 1999, its population was 43,567.

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Originally settled by the Celtic tribe of the Atrebates, it later became a Roman garrison town known as Atrebatum.

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It is located in the former Dutch and French province of Artois. For many centuries, Arras was on the border between France and the Netherlands and it frequently changed hands before firmly becoming French in the late 17th century, the fortifications upgraded by Vauban helping keep it in French hands. The town was closely linked to the trade of Flanders and later became an important centre for sugar beet farming and processing as well as a prosperous market centre.

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Arras an Historic City in the Pas-De-Calais Dept