Nécropole nationale française de Maurepas

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Nécropole nationale française de Maurepas

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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.

Coordinates: 49°59'20"N, 2°51'12"E

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Hauts-de-FranceFrance

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Nécropole nationale française de Maurepas – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Delville Wood South African National Memorial, London Cemetery and Extension, Delville Wood Cemetery.

3.7 miNW
Cemetery
Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval
96 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.
3.1 miNW
Military museum, Museum, Memorial
Delville Wood South African National Memorial, Longueval
78 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 miNW
Cemetery
London Cemetery and Extension, Longueval
120 min walk • The London Cemetery and Extension is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery at High Wood near Longueval, France. It is the third largest of the Somme battlefield cemeteries, containing 3,872 World War I burials.
3 miNW
Cemetery
Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval
77 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 miN
Memorial
Gueudecourt Memorial
135 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.
6 miW
Memorial
McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial
152 min walk • McCrae's Battalion Great War Memorial is a World War I memorial cairn located in the village of Contalmaison, France. Designed by the historian, Jack Alexander, it was unveiled in 2004 after being first proposed by survivors of the battalion in 1919. As such, it is the last of the 'original' Great War memorials to be built.
4.5 miSE
Park
Mont Saint-Quentin
116 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.
5.4 miSE
History museum, Museum
Museum of the Great War, Péronne
137 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.
5.4 miSE
Forts and castles
Château de Péronne, Péronne
138 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.
5.2 miW
Memorial
Mametz Wood Memorial, Mametz
133 min walk • The Mametz Wood Memorial commemorates an engagement of the 38th Division of the British Army during the First Battle of the Somme in France in 1916.
5.5 miSE
Church
St. John the Baptist Church, Péronne
141 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.