Froissy () is a village and ''hameau'', part of the municipality (''commune'') of

La Neuville-lès-Bray La Neuville-lès-Bray (, literally ''La Neuville near Bray'') is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D329 road, on the banks of the river Somme, opposite Bray-sur-Som ...

, in the department of

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, northern

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Geography

The village is located in a

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of the river

, few km in south of La Neuville-lès-Bray and

Bray-sur-Somme Bray-sur-Somme (, literally ''Bray on Somme (river), Somme'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Twin towns It is twinned with Inkberrow. G ...

. It is crossed in the middle by the

Canal de la Somme The Canal de la Somme () is a canal in northern France. Its total length is 156.4 km with 25 locks, from the English Channel at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, Saint-Valéry-sur-Somme to the Canal de Saint-Quentin at Saint-Simon, Aisne, Saint-Simon. ...

and, in south-east of it, is located a

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of a touristic railway. Froissy is from

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, from Péronne, from

Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...

, from

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and from

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. Village's main roads are the ''Route de Roye'', part of the D329 departmental road, and ''Rue du Port'', running through the northern shore of the canal.

Main sights

Froissy is the western terminus of the

Froissy Dompierre Light Railway The Froissy Dompierre Light Railway (, CFCD) is a Narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge light railway running from Froissy (La Neuville-lès-Bray), Froissy (a hamlet of La Neuville-lès-Bray) to Dompierre-Becquincourt, through Cappy, Somme, Cappy ...

(also named ''P'tit Train de la Haute Somme''), a heritage and touristic

narrow gauge railway A narrow-gauge railway (narrow-gauge railroad in the US) is a railway with a track gauge (distance between the rails) narrower than . Most narrow-gauge railways are between and . Since narrow-gauge railways are usually built with Minimum railw ...

. In Froissy station is located a museum, the '' Musée des chemins de fer Militaires et Industriels''Museum infos at APPEVA website
/ref> (Military and Industrial railways Museum).

References

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