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Buire-Courcelles Destination Guide

Touring Buire-Courcelles in France

Buire-Courcelles in the region of Picardie with its 293 citizens is a city located in France - some 80 mi or ( 129 km ) North of Paris , the country's capital city .

Interactive map of Buire-Courcelles

Time in Buire-Courcelles is now 12:53 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Europe/Paris " with a UTC offset of 1 hours. Depending on your travel resources, these more prominent places might be interesting for you: London, The Hague, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and Brussels. Being here already, consider visiting London . We collected some hobby film on the internet . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Check out our recommendations for Buire-Courcelles ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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With the TGV driver between Paris and Brussels

1:44 min by Lionel Pailloncy
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A trip with the TGV driver between Paris and Brussels, with my 5yo nephew ..

Orquietude01

14:02 min by sirobogoc
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Prémontage du Grandeur nature Orquiètude du 14 et 15 avril 2012 organisé par l'association "Les Derniers de Solace" Partie 1 ..


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16:01 min by sirobogoc
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Prémontage du Grandeur nature Orquiètude du 14 et 15 avril 2012 organisé par l'association "Les Derniers de Solace" Partie 2 ..

Orquietude04

13:55 min by sirobogoc
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Prémontage du Grandeur nature Orquiètude du 14 et 15 avril 2012 organisé par l'association "Les Derniers de Solace" Partie 4 ..


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Interesting facts about this location

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.

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Located at 49.93 2.94 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Cantons of Somme

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".

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Located at 49.93 2.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Museums in Somme, World War I museums in France

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.

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Located at 49.95 2.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Geography of Somme

Mont Saint-Quentin Australian war memorial

Mont Saint-Quentin Australian war memorial, located in Mont Saint-Quentin region of Picardy, is an Australian First World War memorial. The Australian Second Division has a war memorial on the road from Bapaume to Péronne. It is the only one of the five Australian division memorials initiated by members of the division. The base was erected in 1925. It has bronze bas-reliefs by May Butler-George of men hauling and pushing a gun and of men advancing with bayoneted rifles and hand-grenades.

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Located at 49.95 2.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: Australian military memorials, Monuments and memorials in Somme, World War I memorials in France

2nd Division (Australia)

The 2nd Division commands all the reserve brigades in Australia. These are the 4th in Victoria, the 5th and 8th in New South Wales, the 9th in South Australia and Tasmania, the 11th in Queensland and the 13th in Western Australia. The division was first formed in 1915 as part of the First Australian Imperial Force (1st AIF), and served in the Gallipoli Campaign and on the Western Front World War I. Apart from a period from 1960 to 1965, the division has existed in one form or another.

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Located at 49.95 2.93 (Lat./Long.); Less than 6 km away
Tags: 1915 establishments in Australia, Australian World War II divisions, Divisions of Australia in World War I, Infantry divisions of Australia, Military units and formations established in 1915