Brias | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Bryas (Pas-de-Calais).svg |
Arrondissement: | Arras |
Canton: | Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise |
Insee: | 62180 |
Postal Code: | 62130 |
Mayor: | Cédric Demoulin[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CC Ternois |
Coordinates: | 50.4094°N 2.3822°W |
Elevation M: | 160 |
Elevation Min M: | 122 |
Elevation Max M: | 166 |
Area Km2: | 7.74 |
Brias (in French pronounced as /bʁija/; Briast) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region in northern France.[2]
A farming village located 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Arras on the N41 road, at the junction with the D81.
First mentioned in 1212, as the fiefdom of Gille de la Tourette.The château of Bryas served as headquarters for Marshal Foch during the Second Battle of Artois, in 1915. The commune agreed to change the spelling of the name from Bryas in 1997.[2]