ARRAS
Arras
Arras is the capital of the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France on the Scarpe river. The historic centre of the Artois region, its local speech is characterized as a patois. Unlike many French words, the final s in the name should be pronounced.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Arras
and as such is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.