Ors

Ors is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.

For other uses, see ORS (disambiguation).
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
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentNord
ArrondissementCambrai
CantonLe Cateau-Cambrésis
IntercommunalityCommunauté d'agglomération du Caudrésis - Catésis
Government
 • Mayor (2020-2026) Jacky Duminy
Area
1
17.76 km2 (6.86 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
643
 • Density36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
59450 /59360
Elevation133–167 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.

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.[2]

Ors is famous for its yearly water jousting competition on the canal every August 15. Water jousting has been played there since the Middle Ages.

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

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. "French village's poet tribute". Shropshire Star. 11 November 2014. p. 1.English newspaper story, coincidentally printed on Armistice Day 2014


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