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Créquoise
The river Créquoise (; pcd, Créquoése) is one of the small streams that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the Canche. It is long. The river rises at Créquy and passes by Torcy, Royon, Lebiez, Hesmond, Offin, Loison-sur-Créquoise and joins the Canche at Beaurainville. Three small tributaries join the Créquoise, the Fosse du Corval, L'Embrienne and le Surgeon See also * Schéma directeur d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux In France, the schéma directeur d'aménagement et de gestion des eaux (SDAGE) aims to put into effect the principles of the law of 3 January 1992 on the level of the major hydrographic basins. In translation, its name is outline for the organiza ... References External links *''Carte Géologique de la France à l'échelle du millionième'' 6th edn. BRGM (2003) Carte des bassins versants de la Canche et de la Ternoise [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loison-sur-Créquoise
Loison-sur-Créquoise (, literally ''Loison on Créquoise''; pcd, Logeon-su-Créquoése) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Loison-sur-Créquoise is situated 7 miles (11 km) southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D130 road and in the Créquoise river valley. Population Places of interest * The nineteenth century church of Saint Omer See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Loisonsurcrequoise {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royon
Royon () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Royon is located 10 miles (16 km) east of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D130 road, in the valley of the Créquoise The river Créquoise (; pcd, Créquoése) is one of the small streams that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the Canche The river Canche (; nl, Kwinte) is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of sout ... river. Population History The slopes of hills in the region were blocked by thorny hedges of ''créquiers'', the wild plum, and these hedges were called ''royons'' The first mention of ''Royon'' is in 893 in ''Gallia Christiana''. It is mentioned again in 1641 as 'Roion', and became 'Royon' in 1804. Places of interest * The church of St. Germain, dating from the sixteenth century.Rodière R. : Dictionnaire épigraphique du Pas de Calais, Sède Ed., Arras, 1937 * The Louis XV château, destroyed in May 1944 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Offin
Offin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Offin lies about southeast of Montreuil-sur-Mer, on the D130 road, in the valley of the Créquoise river. Population Places of interest * The fifteenth century church of St.Sylvain. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Créquy
Créquy () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography One of many small villages in Artois, Créquy gives it name to the small stream, the Créquoise, that rises in the nearby hills and is one of the waterways of the 'Seven Valleys' tourist area. Population Coat of arms The Créquy coat of arms is derived from 'ardentis quercus robur mythicon' ('the flaming oak of myth'). The aforementioned oak was a particularly fine example of the genus, with particularly impressive girth, which was a popular gathering point for visitors around the summer solstice (ambiguous; dates of recorded assemblages are sporadic & the solstictic link may be happenchance). The tree was said to have spontaneously combusted during one convocation, henceforth the legend was born. Notable people *The Créquy family lived nearby and took its name from this place. See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 89 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torcy, Pas-de-Calais
Torcy () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France. Geography Torcy is located 11 miles (17 km) east of Montreuil on the D130 and in the valley of the river Créquoise. The nearest villages are Sains-lès-Fressin and Créquy. Population Places of interest * The church of St. Eloi, dating from the sixteenth century * Baladin, a restaurant, bar and guesthouse See also *Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department The following is a list of the 890 communes of the Pas-de-Calais department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Pas-de-Calais {{PasdeCalais-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 in the south of the département of Pas-de-Calais. Forming an alluvial valley from wide, the Canche valley also contains marshes, meadows and small woods. The gentle gradient, averaging 1.5 percent, gives the river a meandering course. The river rises at Gouy-en-Ternois and passes Frévent, Hesdin, and Montreuil-sur-Mer before leaving the chalk to flow to the coast between Étaples and Le Touquet-Paris-Plage. Its principal tributaries are the Ternoise, the Planquette, the Créquoise, the Bras de Bronne, the Course, the Dordogne (not to be confused with the Dordogne) and the Huitrepin which all join on its right bank, i.e. to the north of the Canche. The lie of the land means there is no notable tributary from the so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
