Souchez | |
|---|---|
 The Souchez river | |
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Souchez  | |
  Souchez  Souchez | |
| Coordinates: 50°23′29″N 2°44′37″E / 50.3914°N 2.7436°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Pas-de-Calais |
| Arrondissement | Lens |
| Canton | Bully-les-Mines |
| Intercommunality | CA Lens-Liévin |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Marie Alexandre[1] |
| Area 1 | 6.75 km2 (2.61 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 2,658 |
| • Density | 390/km2 (1,000/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 62801 /62153 |
| Elevation | 62–157 m (203–515 ft) (avg. 97 m or 318 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Souchez (French pronunciation: [suʃe]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.[3] It is located 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) northwest of the Canadian National Vimy Memorial dedicated to the Battle of Vimy Ridge and the missing First World War Canadian soldiers with no known grave; the Memorial is also the site of two Canadian cemeteries.[4]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ INSEE commune file
- ^ "Canadian National Vimy Memorial, France". The Great War UK. 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
The ridge runs in a direction from Givenchy-en-Gohelle in the north-west to Farbus in the south-east.