Ors

Ors
Ors
Commune
	Center of the village, canal, and church
	Coat of arms
	Location of Ors
	Ors Ors
	Coordinates: 50°06′01″N 3°38′05″E / 50.1003°N 3.6347°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Nord
Arrondissement	Cambrai
Canton	Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Intercommunality	CA Caudrésis–Catésis
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacky Duminy
Area 1	17.76 km2 (6.86 sq mi)
Population (2021)	638
• Density	36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	59450 /59360
Elevation	133–167 m (436–548 ft) ; (avg. 159 m or 522 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ors (French pronunciation: [ɔʁ(s)]) is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.^[3]

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.^[4]

Ors is famous for its yearly water jousting competition on the canal every August 15.^[5]

Heraldry

Arms of Ors	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.)

Monuments

The church, Église de l'Assomption, was built from 1851 to 1872.

Ors Communal Cemetery
The Wilfred Owen Memorial in Ors

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ "French village's poet tribute". Shropshire Star. 11 November 2014. p. 1.English newspaper story, coincidentally printed on Armistice Day 2014
^ "Joutes nautiques d'Ors: un jeune ou un ancien futur champion du 15 août?". La Voix du Nord (in French). 2023. Retrieved 25 February 2024.