Nécropole Nationale de France à Rancourt, Rancourt

Name: Nécropole Nationale de France à Rancourt
Address: Rancourt, France

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Nécropole Nationale de France à Rancourt

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Nécropole Nationale de France à Rancourt, Rancourt

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The Rancourt National Necropolis is a French World War I military cemetery located in the territory of the communes of Bouchavesnes-Bergen and Rancourt in the Somme department.

Coordinates: 49°59'52"N, 2°54'42"E

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Rancourt France

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Nécropole Nationale de France à Rancourt – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Delville Wood South African National Memorial, Delville Wood Cemetery, Gueudecourt Memorial.

5.7 miW
Cemetery
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval
145 min walk • Caterpillar Valley Cemetery is a World War I Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Longueval, France. The cemetery is named after Caterpillar Valley which was the name given by the British army to the long valley which rises eastwards to the high ground at Guillemont.
4.8 miW
Military museum, Museum, Memorial
Delville Wood South African National Memorial, Longueval
122 min walk • The Delville Wood South African National Memorial is a World War I memorial, located in Delville Wood, near the commune of Longueval, in the Somme department of France.
4.7 miW
Cemetery
Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
121 min walk • Delville Wood Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery located near Longueval, France and the third largest in the Somme battlefield area.
5.3 miNW
Memorial
Gueudecourt Memorial
136 min walk • The Gueudecourt Memorial is a Dominion of Newfoundland war memorial that commemorates the actions of the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the Battle of Le Transloy, a sub-battle of the Battle of the Somme of World War I.
3.6 miS
Park
Mont Saint-Quentin
92 min walk • Mont Saint-Quentin overlooks the Somme River in the region of Picardie approximately 1.5 km north of the town of Péronne, Somme, France. The hill is about 100 metres high but as it is situated in a bend of the river it dominates the whole position and is of strategic significance.
4.8 miS
History museum, Museum
Museum of the Great War, Péronne
123 min walk • The Museum of the Great War located near the heart of the World War I Somme battlefields, is housed within the Château de Péronne, a castle in the town of Péronne, France. Péronne was under German occupation during the war, and inhabitants of it suffered a lot because their town was almost completely destroyed.
4.8 miS
Forts and castles
Château de Péronne, Péronne
124 min walk • The Château de Péronne is a partly ruined castle in the commune of Péronne in the Somme département of France. It consists of the ruins of three towers and the curtain walls connecting them. The castle is the property of the commune. It has been listed since 1924 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
4.9 miS
Church
St. John the Baptist Church, Péronne
125 min walk • The Saint-Jean-Baptiste church is a religious building, located in Péronne, in the French department of the Somme, consecrated in 1525. Of the six churches in the city before 1789, it is the only one that remains.
4.7 miNE
Cemetery
Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery
121 min walk • Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery is a war grave for mainly Commonwealth soldiers who died in the First World War.
2.7 miW
Cemetery
Nécropole nationale française de Maurepas
68 min walk • The National Necropolis of Maurepas is a French military cemetery of the First World War located on the territory of the commune of Maurepas, on the edge of the RD 146 north of the RD 938 about ten kilometers northwest of Péronne.
4.6 miS
Memorial
Mont Saint-Quentin Australian war memorial, Péronne
118 min walk • Mont Saint-Quentin Australian war memorial, located in Mont Saint-Quentin region of Picardy, is an Australian First World War memorial. The Australian Second Division has a war memorial on the road from Bapaume to Péronne. It is the only one of the five Australian division memorials initiated by members of the division.