Ors
{{other uses|ORS (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Ors
|commune status = Commune
|image coat of arms = Blason chapitre de Notre-Dame de Cambrai.svg
|image = Ors canal and church.jpg
|caption = Center of the village, canal, and church
|arrondissement = Cambrai
|canton = Le Cateau-Cambrésis
|INSEE = 59450
|postal code = 59360
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CA Caudrésis–Catésis
|coordinates = {{coord|50.1003|3.6347|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 159
|elevation min m = 133
|elevation max m = 167
|area km2 = 17.76
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Ors ({{IPA|fr|ɔʁ(s)}}) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/59450-ors INSEE commune file]
It is located on the Sambre–Oise Canal, in a small wood called Bois l'Évêque.
History
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.{{cite news|title=French village's poet tribute|work=Shropshire Star|page=1|date=11 November 2014}}English newspaper story, coincidentally printed on Armistice Day 2014
Ors is famous for its yearly water jousting competition on the canal every August 15.{{cite web |url=https://www.lavoixdunord.fr/art/region/ors-joutes-nautiques-du-15aout-un-jeune-ou-un-ancien-ia14b45260n2323832 |title=Joutes nautiques d'Ors: un jeune ou un ancien futur champion du 15 août? |author= |date=2023 |website=La Voix du Nord |language=fr |access-date=25 February 2024 }}
=Heraldry=
{{Blazon-arms
| img1=Blason chapitre de Notre-Dame de Cambrai.svg
| legend1=Arms of Ors
| text=The arms of Ors are blazoned :
{{SharedArms|Or.3lions.madonna}}
}}
Monuments
The church, Église de l'Assomption, was built from 1851 to 1872.
Image:Ors communal cemetery.jpg|Ors Communal Cemetery
The Ors Communal Cemetery is also the burial place of Wilfred Owen, the British war poet. There is also a memorial to Owen.
Image:Ors maison wilfred owen.jpg|The Wilfred Owen Memorial in Ors
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.remembrancetrails-northernfrance.com/visit-the-sites/the-war-of-movement-and-the-first-german-occupation/ors-communal-cemetery.html Ors Communal Cemetery on the website "Remembrance Trails of the Great War in Northern France"]
- [http://www.joutesors.com/ Société des Jouteurs Sauveteurs d'Ors]
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Category:Communes of Nord (French department)
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