Ancre
The Ancre is a river of Picardy, France. Rising at Miraumont, a hamlet near the town of Albert, it flows into the Somme at Corbie. It is 37.4 km long. For most of its length it flows through the department of Somme.Photo: Philippe rogez, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in France
- Also known as: “Ancre River”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Église d’Aubigny and La Neuville British Cemetery.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villers-Bretonneux and Lamotte-Warfusée.
Villers-Bretonneux
Village
Photo: Ybroc, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Villers-Bretonneux is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Villers-Bretonneux is situated 5 km southeast of Ancre.
Lamotte-Warfusée
Village
Lamotte-Warfusée is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Lamotte-Warfusée is situated 9 km southeast of Ancre.
Ancre
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Asturian to Venetian—“Ancre” goes by many names.
- Asturian: “Ríu Ancre”
- Catalan: “Ancre”
- Cebuano: “Ancre”
- Chinese: “昂克尔河”
- Dutch: “Ancre (rivier)”
- Dutch: “Ancre”
- Egyptian Arabic: “انكر”
- French: “Ancre”
- German: “Ancre”
- Indonesian: “Ancre”
- Irish: “Ancre”
- Italian: “Ancre”
- Ladin: “Ancre”
- Latin: “Ancora”
- Persian: “آنکر”
- Picard: “Inke”
- Polish: “Ancre”
- Spanish: “Ancre”
- Venetian: “Fiume Ancre”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Aubigny and La Neuville.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Daours Railway Station and Corbie Railway Station.
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