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Artois  shieldArtois

(är-twä) (pron: ahr-twah)

Capital Arras (pron: uh-rahss)
French annexation: 1226

Designed 400 years before Artois became a French province, the nine castles on this shield indicate Artois’ feudal lords at that time.

Artois  provincial map