Discover Assevillers in France
Assevillers in the region of Picardie with its 238 habitants is a town located in France - some 75 mi or ( 121 km ) North of Paris , the country's capital .
Local time in Assevillers is now 01:13 PM (Wednesday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: London, The Hague, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and Brussels. When in this area, you might want to check out London . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Assevillers ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.
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2005-08-03 Haute Picardie 3
More Haute Picardie roll-bys, then on the TGV for a quick 45 minute ride back to the Charles de Gaulle airport, then finally the Montmartre Funicular. ..
2005-08-03 Haute Picardie 01
My first time in France experiencing the wonders of 300kmh TGV's and Eurostars passing Haute Picardie station, north of Paris. At 1:41-1:46 and again at 2:00-2:06 you can see rhythmic shaking of the v ..
2005-08-03 Haute Picardie 2
Views around the Haute Picardie station in France. The videoing locations for these two videos are at the Haute Picardie Station platforms, underneath an A-1 overpass about half-mile south of the stat ..
German M16 helmet dug up
German M16 stahlhelm dug up on WWI Battlefield. But after 95 years of laying underground there isn't much left of it. It was on a somme battlefield, we also found some howitzer shells and a gew98 that ..
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Interesting facts about this location
Raynal Bolling
Raynal Cawthorne Bolling (September 1, 1877 - March 26, 1918) was the first high-ranking officer of the United States Army to be killed in combat in World War I. A corporate lawyer by vocation, he became an early Army aviator and the organizer of both of the first units in what ultimately became the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve Command.
Located at 49.88 2.78 (Lat./Long.); Less than 5 km away
Museum of the Great War
The Museum of the Great War (French: Historial de la Grande Guerre) is in Péronne, France, near the heart of the World War I Somme battlefields. (There is another museum with a very similar English name near Paris. ) The museum looks mostly at the Great War, and the years just before and just after. It strives to place war in a social context, stressing "the common suffering of the combatants" and "the civilians, who were equally mobilised by the war effort".
Located at 49.93 2.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Froissy Dompierre Light Railway
The Froissy Dompierre Light Railway (CFCD) is a narrow-gauge light railway running from Froissy (a hamlet of La Neuville-lès-Bray) to Dompierre-Becquincourt, through Cappy, in the Somme department, France. It is run as a heritage railway by APPEVA (Association Picarde pour la Préservation et l'Entretien des Véhicules Anciens) and is also known as P'tit Train de la Haute Somme. It is the last survivor of the 600 gauge trench railways of the World War I battlefields.
Located at 49.92 2.73 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Canton of Péronne
The Canton of Péronne is a canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Picardie region of northern France.
Located at 49.93 2.94 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Mont Saint-Quentin
Mont Saint-Quentin overlooks the Somme River in the region of Picardie approximately 1.5 kilometers north of the town of Péronne, Somme, France. The hill is about 100 meters high but as it is situated in a bend of the river it dominates the whole position and is of strategic significance. During World War I, it was a key to the German defence of the Somme line and was the last German stronghold.
Located at 49.95 2.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 9 km away
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