Baie de Somme
Baie de Somme is a large estuary in the Hauts-de-France region of France. The bay drains six rivers into the English Channel, principally the River Somme, and covers a total area of 72 km2.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: Bay at the Somme estuary (Picardy, France)
- Also known as: “Bay of the Somme” and “Somme Bay”
Places of Interest
Highlights include St Peter’s Church, Le Crotoy and Gare du Crotoy.
St Peter’s Church, Le Crotoy
Church
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St Peter's Church is a church in Le Crotoy, a coastal town at the Bay of the Somme river in Picardy in northern France. The church is remarkable for its front tower built in the 13th century and its interior.
Gare du Crotoy
Railway station
Photo: Tangopaso, Public domain.
Gare du Crotoy is a railway station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Crotoy and Le Hourdel.
Le Crotoy
Village
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Le Crotoy is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The inhabitants are known as Crotellois.
Rue
Village
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Rue is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Baie de Somme
- Categories: estuary, cultural landscape, and body of water
- Location: Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
50.21373° or 50° 12′ 49″ northLongitude
1.59644° or 1° 35′ 47″ eastOpen location code
9F236H7W+FHOpenStreetMap ID
node 9015178184OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayGeoNames ID
2974307Wikidata ID
Q1741383
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Baie de Somme” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “خليج السوم”
- Catalan: “badia del Somme”
- Catalan: “Badia del Somme”
- Cebuano: “Baie de Somme”
- Chinese: “索姆湾”
- Chinese: “索姆灣”
- Croatian: “Zaljev Somme”
- Czech: “Sommská zátoka”
- Czech: “Zátoka Somme”
- Dutch: “Baai van de Somme”
- Dutch: “Somme-Bucht”
- Esperanto: “Golfo de Somme”
- French: “baie de Somme”
- French: “Baie de Somme”
- German: “Somme-Bucht”
- Japanese: “ソンム湾”
- Picard: “Béie d’Sonme”
- Polish: “Zatoka Somme”
- Polish: “Zatoka Sommijska”
- Polish: “Zatoka Sommy”
- Slovak: “Sommská zátoka”
- Slovak: “Zátoka Somme”
- Spanish: “Bahia del Somme”
- Spanish: “Bahía del Somme”
- Venetian: “Baja del Somme”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as La Bassée and Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Aire De Jeux Adrienne Bolland and Maison du Tourisme.
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