Ablain-Saint-Nazaire

Ablain-Saint-Nazaire (French pronunciation: [ablɛ̃ sɛ̃ nazɛːʁ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France.

[3] A farming village located 8 miles (12 km) north of Arras, on the D57 road.

The Saint-Nazaire stream, which passes through the commune, is a small tributary of the river Deûle.

A French national cemetery was built on 13 hectares nearby and comprises 20,000 graves, laid out irrespective of rank or military training.

In 2014, to mark the centenary of the start of World War I, French President François Hollande and German defence minister Ursula von der Leyen inaugurated a memorial for Armistice Day.