Carency


Carency is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

A farming village located 8 miles northwest of Arras on the D58 road. Carency is also the name of the brook which constitutes the course upstream of the Deûle river and which flows through the village.

Population

Places of interest

Notable people

, winner of the 1909 Tour de France, died here fighting in the Second Battle of Artois, on 9 May 1915, during World War I.