What is Arras?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Arras |image = 04-06-13_Arras_01.JPG |caption = Place des Héros |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Arras (Pas-de-Calais).svg |coordinates = {{coord|50.2897|2.7808|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |arrondissement = Arras |canton = |INSEE = 62041 |postal code = 62000 |mayor = Frédéric Leturque |term = 2014-2020 |intercommunality = [[Communauté urbaine d'Arras|Arras]] |elevation m = 72 |elevation min m = 52 |elevation max m = 99 |area km2 = 11.63 |population = 41239 |population date = 2012 }} '''Arras''' ({{IPA-fr|aʁɑːs}}; {{lang-nl|Atrecht}}) is a [[Communes of France|commune]]. It is the [[Prefectures in France|prefecture]] of the [[Pas-de-Calais]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the [[Hauts-de-France]] [[Regions of France|region]]. ==Sister cities== Arras is twinned with: * {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Chemnitz]], Germany, since 1967 * {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Herten]], Germany, since 1984 * {{Flagicon|Belgium}} [[Oudenaarde]], Belgium, since 1990 * {{Flagicon|UK}} [[Ipswich]], United Kingdom, since 1992 * {{Flagicon|GER}} [[Duisburg]], Germany, since 2010 {{Préfectures of départements of France}} {{France-geo-stub}} [[Category:Arras| ]]