Azincourt

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Azincourt
Azincourt ( AZ-in-kor(t) ; French pronunciation: [azɛ̃kuʁ]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in northern France. It is situated 12 miles (19 kilometres) north-west of Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise on the D71 road between Hesdin and Fruges. . The Late Medieval Battle of Agincourt between the English and the French took place in the commune in 1415. Toponym. The name is attested as Aisincurt in 1175, derived from a Germanic masculine name Aizo, Aizino and the early Northern French word curt (which meant a farm with a courtyard; derived from the Late Latin cortem). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azincourt

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