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Artois is a region of northern France. Its territory covers an area of about 4,000 km and it has a population of about one million. Its principal cities are Arras (Dutch: Atrecht), Saint-Omer, Lens, and Béthune. It is the eponym for the term artesian. See more
Artois occupies the interior of the Pas-de-Calais département, the western part of which constitutes the former Boulonnais. Artois roughly corresponds to the arrondissements of Arras, Béthune, Saint Omer, … See more
• Pierre-Charles Le Sueur (c. 1657 – c. 1705), born in Artois, noted explorer and trader.
• Maximilien Robespierre (1758–1794), French revolutionary leader, born in Arras See moreOriginally a feudal county itself, Artois was annexed by the county of Flanders. It came to France in 1180 as a dowry of a Flemish princess, Isabelle of Hainaut, and was again made a See more
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