Pozières
Pozières is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.Photo: mikefitzsimon, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Locality with 263 residents
- Description: commune in Somme, France
- Also known as: “80640”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme 1915 - 1918 and Lochnagar Crater.
Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme 1915 - 1918
Photo: pikerslanefarm, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a war memorial to 72,337 missing British and South African servicemen who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave.
Lochnagar Crater
Protected area
Photo: Alertomalibu, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Lochnagar mine south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département was an underground explosive charge, secretly planted by the British during the First World War, to be ready for 1 July 1916, the first day on the Somme.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Albert and Martinpuich.
Albert
Photo: Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Albert is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is located about halfway between Amiens and Bapaume.
Martinpuich
Village
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Martinpuich is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France 18 miles south of Arras.
Longueval
Village
Photo: Carcharoth (Commons), CC BY-SA 3.0.
Longueval is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Longueval is situated 6 km east of Pozières.
Pozières
- Category: commune of France
- Location: Arrondissement of Péronne, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Pozières” goes by many names.
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- Chinese: “波济耶尔”
- Chinese: “波濟耶爾”
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