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Artois ( ar-TWAH, French: [aʁtwa]; Dutch: Artesië; English adjective Artesian) is a region of northern France. Its territory covers an area of about 4,000 km² and it has a population of about one million. Its principal cities are Arras (Dutch: Atrecht), Saint-Omer, Lens, and Béthune.

The County of Artois (French: comté d'Artois, Dutch: graafschap Artesië) was a historic province of the Kingdom of France, held by the Dukes of Burgundy from 1384 until 1477/82, and a state of the Holy Roman Empire from 1493 until 1659.Present Artois lies in northern France, on the border with Belgium.

The First Battle of Artois (17 December 1914 – 13 January 1915) was a battle fought during World War I by the French and German armies on the Western Front. The battle was the first offensive move on the Western Front by either side after the end of the First Battle of Ypres in November 1914. The French assault failed to break the stalemate.

Marles-les-Mines is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.