Villers-Sir-Simon

French commune
name= Villers-Sir-Simon
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Arras
canton= Aubigny-en-Artois
insee=62860
cp=62127
maire=Xavier Normand
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes de l'Atrébatie
longitude=2.49277777778
latitude=50.3183333333
alt moy=128 m
alt mini=119 m
alt maxi=136 m
hectares=247
km²=2,47
sans=121
date-sans=1999
dens=48|

Villers-Sir-Simon is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais "département" in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France.

Geography

A small farming village situated some convert|18|mi|km|1 west of Arras, at the junction of the D77 and D54 roads.

Population

Places of interest

* Commemorative stone to the American aviators who died when their plane crashed nearby on the 27th August 1943.
* The church of St.Eloi, dating from the 19th century.

See also

Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

External links

* [http://www.cc-atrebatie.fr/fr Official website of the Communauté de communes] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=27344&req=Villers-Sir-Simon Villers-Sir-Simon on the Quid website] fr
* [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/memoiresdepierre/alphabetnew/v/villersirsimon.html The war memorials]

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on July 7th 2008."