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Route Nationale 17
The Route nationale 17, or RN17, is a trunk road ( nationale) in France connecting Paris to the border with Belgium. Reclassification The majority of the route runs close to the A1 autoroute. As a result, north of Senlis the road has been downgraded and re-classified as the RD1017 and RD917. There is a small section of the RN17 remaining between Arras and Lille. Route Paris-Senlis-Arras-Lens-Lille-''Belgium'' Paris to Senlis (0 km – 31 km) The road starts north of Paris as a branch of the RN2, opposite the Airport Paris-Le Bourget, and heads north east as the Av du Mai 1985 and then Route de Flandre. The road skirts the western edge of the Charles de Gaulle Airport, crosses the RD104 and then through open countryside. After the village of Survillers the road enters the ''Parc Naturel Régional de Oise Pays de France''. The road now passes through the ''Forêt du Chantilly'' before reaching the Cathedral City of Senlis. Senlis to Arras (31 km to 162 km) At Senlis there are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Route Nationale (France)
A ''route nationale'', or simply ''nationale'', is a class of trunk road in France. They are important roads of national significance which cross broad portions of the French territory, in contrast to departmental or communal roads which serve more limited local areas. Their use is free, except when crossing certain structures subject to a toll. They are open to all vehicles, except on certain sections having motorway ('' autoroute'') or express road (''voie express'') status, both of these categories being reserved for motorized vehicles only. France at one time had some 30,500 km of ''routes nationales'' and publicly owned motorways, but this figure has decreased with the transfer of the responsibility for many routes to the '' départements'' so that by 2010 the total length of motorways and other national roads was around 21,100 km. By way of comparison, ''routes départementales'' in the same year covered a total distance of 378,000 km. The layout of the ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estrées-Saint-Denis
Estrées-Saint-Denis () is a Communes of France, commune in the Oise Departments of France, department in northern France. Estrées-Saint-Denis station has rail connections to Amiens and Compiègne. It is one of many villages in the north of France bearing the name ''Estrées''. The etymology of the name is from ''strata'' (cognate of English "street"), the word for the stone-layered Roman roads in the area (some of which turned into modern highways). Hence ''Estreti'', ''"village on the road"'' which developed into ''"Estrées"''. Population See also * Communes of the Oise department References Communes of Oise {{Compiègne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
European Route E15
The European route E15 is part of the United Nations international E-road network. It is a north–south "reference road", running from Inverness, Scotland south through England and France to Algeciras, Spain. 5 April 2002 Along most of its route between Paris and London, the road parallels the LGV Nord (as the French ) and (as the English |
A26 Autoroute
The A26 is a long France, French motorway connecting Calais and Troyes. It is also known as the Autoroute des Anglais (''Motorway of the English'') as its length forms the first part of the main route from the Dover-Calais ferries and the Channel Tunnel towards Southern and Eastern France and the Cote d'Azur. The motorway is used by a high proportion of United Kingdom, British cars, particularly during the summer holiday season. The A26 between Calais and Arras (in conjunction with the A1 autoroute) is part of one of the two main routes between London and Paris, the other being the A16 autoroute, A16. The road forms part of European route European route E15, E-15 and European route E17, E-17. South of its junction with the A29 autoroute the A26 is part of the Grand contournement de Paris. History of the A26 The A26 was conceived in the 1960s as an upgrade to the "Grand Itineraire" Calais-Vitry-le-François which followed mostly the N44 road. The first part of the motorway ope ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bapaume
Bapaume (original Dutch name Batpalmen) is a Communes of France, commune in the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department in the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region of northern France. Geography Bapaume is a farming and light industrial town located some 23 km south by south-east of Arras and 50 km north-east of Amiens. Access to the commune is by the D 917 road from Ervillers in the north which passes through the commune in a zig-zag then continues south-east to Beaulencourt. The Route nationale 29, D 930 goes east by north-east to Frémicourt. The Route nationale 29, D 929 branches off the D 917 at the edge of the commune and goes south-west to Warlencourt-Eaucourt. The A1 autoroute passes south down the eastern edge of the commune and serves the city by the exit 14. The Bapaume threshold Bapaume has been called the ''Seuil de Bapaume'' (Bapaume threshold) due to its position as a crossing point between Artois and the Flanders plain on one side, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A2 Autoroute
The A2 Autoroute is a French autoroute that travels from the A1 near the commune of Combles in Picardy to the border with Belgium, where it continues on as the Belgian motorway A7. The entire length is concurrently designated as European route E19. In conjunction with the A1 autoroute and the Belgian A7 it is the main route between Paris and Brussels. Until other more direct motorway routes are completed it is also the fastest route from Paris to the Belgian city of Liège. From Combles to Cambrai, the autoroute is managed by the Société des Autoroutes du Nord et de l'Est de la France (SANEF) and is a toll road, with no exits on the southernmost of the A2 between the A1 and the A26 at Graincourt-lès-Havrincourt. From Cambrai onward it is a non-toll autoroute managed by the government of the Nord department. Two lanes travel in each direction. The A2 was opened in two stages in 1972. The first stage from junction 15 to the Belgian border opened on 28 March. The r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War I
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in European theatre of World War I, Europe and the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Middle East, as well as in parts of African theatre of World War I, Africa and the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench warfare; the widespread use of Artillery of World War I, artillery, machine guns, and Chemical weapons in World War I, chemical weapons (gas); and the introductions of Tanks in World War I, tanks and Aviation in World War I, aircraft. World War I was one of the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated World War I casualties, 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Péronne, Somme
Péronne () is a Commune in France, commune of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is the former site of the Péronne monastery, founded by the Anglo-Saxon Eorcenwald. Its site became the resting place for St. Fursa, celebrated by the famous English historian Bede. The monastery was popular with Irish monks, among them Cellanus, whose letters to Aldhelm the Bishop of Sherborne survive. So renowned was Péronne for Irish monks that the monastery became known as ''Perrona Scottorum'' . The monastery was destroyed in a Viking raid in 880. It is close to where the Battle of the Somme, 1916, First Battle of the Somme (1918), first 1918 and Second Battle of the Somme (1918), second 1918 Battles of the Somme took place during the First World War. The Museum of the Great War (known in French as the ''Historial de la Grande Guerre'') is located in the château. Geography Péronne is situated in the old region of Santerre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somme (river)
The Somme ( , ; ) is a river in Picardy, northern France. The river is in length, from its source in the high ground of the former at Fonsomme near Saint-Quentin, to the Bay of the Somme, in the English Channel. It lies in the geological syncline which also forms the Solent. This gives it a fairly constant and gentle gradient where several fluvial terraces have been identified. Name The Somme river was known in ancient times as ''Samara''. It presumably means 'the summery river', that is to say the 'quiet river', stemming from an adjective *''sam-aro''- ('summery') itself derived from the Celtic root *''samo''- ('summer')., s.v. ''Samara'' and ''Samarobriva Ambianorum.'' The city of Amiens was also known as '' Samarobriva'' (Gaulish: 'bridge on the Samara'). It is attested by the early 1st century BC as the chief town of the Ambiani, an ancient Gallic tribe of the region. The modern department of Somme was named after this river. History left, '' King_Edward_III.h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A29 Autoroute
The A 29 is a major toll motorway in Normandy and Picardy, northwestern and northern France. The road is also part of European route E44. From its western interchange with the A28 autoroute until its junction with the A26 autoroute, part of the A29 also forms the northern section of the Grand contournement de Paris. Route The road connects the port of Le Havre Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy (administrative region), Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the Seine, river Seine on the English Channel, Channe ... with the A 26 at Saint-Quentin. It also has junctions with the A 13, A 131, A 16, A 28, and A 1 autoroutes. Junctions External linksA29 autoroute in Saratlas {{Authority control A29 Transport in Normandy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avre (Somme)
The Avre () is a river in Picardy, France, and is the principal tributary, from the left side, of the River Somme. Background At long, it drains a relatively important basin of 1,150 km2 but only flows at best 5.1 m3/s near its confluence at Longueau Longueau (; ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Longueau is situated southeast of Amiens, a suburb just by the airport, on the N29 road. Longueau station has rail connections to Amiens, Crei .... Its principal tributaries are: the Noye, joining at Boves, the Trois Doms joining at [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roye, Somme
Roye (; ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Roye is situated at the junction of the A1 autoroute and the N17 road, on the banks of the Avre, some southeast of Amiens. Population History *In 1634, religious refugees from Seville, Spain, known as the illuministes tried to establish themselves in France. They claimed to be inspired by celestial messages. Pierre Guérin, curate of Saint-Georges, was converted and himself created many disciples, called "les Guérinistes". The Catholic Church sought out and executed all of them by 1635. *In 2015, a mass shooting took place in a Roma camp in which four people died. Places of interest * Church of Saint Pierre. Rebuilt in concrete in 1930 after considerable damage during the First World War. The 12th century choir and apse and the 15th century stained-glass windows were all saved.Source : Quotidien :fr:Le Courrier Picard (édition de la Somme) du 4 novembre 2007. * The Hôtel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
