A farming town located 28 miles (45 km) west south west ofArras at the junction of the D938, D933 and D941 roads. TheAuthie river flows through the town, which once divided the commune into two parts, one in thePas-de-Calais and the other in theSomme department. It is so named because it was a border fort, but there is now no sign of a castle, apart from some ruins at the top of the Chemin de la Belle Inutile.