commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
Canche
The river Canche (; nl, Kwinte) is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the English Channel, of which the Somme is the largest example. It is long. The basin of the Canche extends to and lies i ...
river, west of Arras, at the junction of the D946, the D939 and the D941 roads.
History
The year 1137 saw the establishment of a Cistercian abbey by the Count de Saint-Pol at the hamlet of Cercamp. The town was invaded in 1537 by the French, and the castle was burned down in 1543 by the Duke of Vendôme. Frévent was partially destroyed by Allied bombing in 1944 during the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
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Population
The inhabitants are called ''Fréventins''.
Places of interest
* The church of St. Hilaire, dating from the sixteenth century.
* The church of St. Vaast, dating from the twentieth century.
* The chateau at Cercamp, dating from the nineteenth century.
* The abbey and park at Cercamp.
* A former
flour mill
A gristmill (also: grist mill, corn mill, flour mill, feed mill or feedmill) grinds cereal grain into flour and middlings. The term can refer to either the grinding mechanism or the building that holds it. Grist is grain that has been separated ...
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* The Louis Ducatel Museum, housing works of the painter Louis Ducatel, local archaeology, costumes and sculptures.
* The Wintenberger Museum, with a history of flour mills and a collection of tools and farm equipment.