Canche River
The river Canche 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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river
- Also known as: “Canche”, “La Canche Fleuve”, and “La Canche Rivière”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dune de la Pointe du Touquet and Étaples Military Cemetery.
Dune de la Pointe du Touquet
Coniferous forest
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Dune de la Pointe du Touquet is a coniferous forest.
Étaples Military Cemetery
Cemetery
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Étaples Military Cemetery is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Étaples, near Boulogne on the north-west coast of France. The cemetery holds over 11,500 dead from both World War I and World War II.
Hippodrome de la Canche
Sports venue
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Hippodrome de la Canche is a sports venue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Touquet and Étaples.
Le Touquet
Le Touquet is a fashionable seaside resort in Hauts-de-France. The town is also known as Le Touquet-Paris-Plage indicating its popularity with affluent visitors from Paris.
Étaples
Town
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Étaples or Étaples-sur-Mer is a commune in the department of Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, northern France. It is a fishing and leisure port on the Canche river. Étaples is situated 3½ km southeast of Canche River.
Neufchâtel-Hardelot
Hardelot Plage is a medium sized beach resort in the Hauts-de-France region of France, approximately equidistant along the coast from Boulogne to the North and Le Touquet to the South.
Canche River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Canche River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Asturian to Vlaams—“Canche River” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Canche”
- Bavarian: “Canche”
- Catalan: “Canche”
- Cebuano: “Canche”
- Chinese: “康什河”
- Czech: “Canche”
- Dutch: “Canche”
- Dutch: “Kwinte”
- Esperanto: “Canche”
- Estonian: “Canche (jõgi)”
- Estonian: “Canche”
- French: “Canche (Fleuve)”
- French: “Canche”
- German: “Canche”
- Irish: “Canche”
- Italian: “Canche”
- Latin: “Quantia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Canche”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Canche (flume)”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Canche”
- Persian: “کانش”
- Picard: “Canche”
- Polish: “Canche”
- Portuguese: “Canche”
- Portuguese: “Rio Canche”
- Serbian: “Канш”
- Slovenian: “Canche”
- Spanish: “Canche”
- Spanish: “rio Canche”
- Spanish: “río Canche”
- Spanish: “Río Canche”
- Swedish: “Canche”
- Tajik: “Канче”
- Tajik: “Кон”
- Vlaams: “Kwinte”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Le Blanc Pavé and Camiers.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pointe du Touquet and Baie d’Étaples.
Hauts-de-France: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Lille, Dunkirk, Calais, and Amiens.
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