Beaurains

History

The first church here was built in 674. In the 12th century, the parish council created an important leprosarium that treated Jean Bodel, a French poet. The commune was all but destroyed during the First World War. On 21 December 1922, a large treasure was discovered dating from the Roman era. Known as the Beaurains Treasure, much was squandered and the little that remains is now at Arras. However, a silver candelabra, gold coins and some jewellery from the treasure are also in the British Museum.

Geography

A suburban town located 3 miles (5 km) south of Arras at the junction of the N17 with the D5 road.

Most-observed species

• Common Pipistrelle

  Pipistrellus pipistrellus (Schreber, 1774) · Mammalia
  2,788
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  1,133
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  934
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  918
• Eurasian Collared-Dove

  Streptopelia decaocto (Frivaldszky, 1838) · Aves
  866
• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  829
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  778
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  738

Most recent

• M 2.6 — 2008-08-08
  1 km SSE of Boussu, Belgium
• M 3.2 — 2008-07-14
  1 km SW of Boussu, Belgium
• M 3.1 — 2005-06-01
  3 km N of Grandvilliers, France
• M 3.1 — 2005-02-27
  1 km NW of Libercourt, France
• M 2.5 — 2004-10-03
  0 km ESE of Maubray, Belgium
• M 2.7 — 2002-04-30
  0 km SSE of Waudrez, Belgium