Ors
Commune in Hauts-de-France, France
Ors (French pronunciation: [ɔʁ(s)]) 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.
01History
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.
Ors is famous for its yearly water jousting competition on the canal every August 15.
Heraldry
| 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.) |
02Monuments
The church, Église de l'Assomption, was built from 1851 to 1872.
Sources and credits
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- Ors canal and church.jpg by Hektor, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Blason chapitre de Notre-Dame de Cambrai.svg by Unknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0
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