Saint-Nicolas, Pas-de-Calais

Saint-Nicolas (Sint-Niklaas) or Saint-Nicolas-lez-Arras (, literally Saint-Nicolas near Arras) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography
Saint-Nicolas is a large suburb of Arras, on the banks of the Scarpe river, just 1 mi north of the centre of Arras, at the junction of the D41, D63 and N17 roads.

Lipperode, a part of Lippstadt, in Germany is the twin town of St-Nicolas-lez-Arraz.

Places of interest

 * The church of St.Nicholas, rebuilt, along with the rest of the commune, after World War I.
 * Traces of an old castle.

Notable people

 * Jean Bodel, poet