Bray-sur-Somme: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

The Church of Saint-Nicolas was classified as a historic monument by a protection order dated 11 April 1908. It was built in the 12th century on the ruins of an earlier monastery, which had once been founded by monks from Saint-Riquier. The choir is designed in the Flamboyant Gothic style.

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Culture and history

The Lavoir de Montplaisir is a publicly accessible washhouse dating from the 18th century. At the foot of the town hall steps is the fountain known as La Doyenne, which was restored in 2014.

The National Necropolis of Bray-sur-Somme was established during the First World War. At that time, Bray-sur-Somme was located immediately behind the front and had a military hospital. Most of those buried there are soldiers who fell in the Battle of the Somme.

The Historical Museum of the Bray-sur-Somme region is located next to the town hall in the town centre. It presents local history from the Celtic period to the end of the Second World War.

Nature

The Larris de Bray-sur-Somme is a Natura 2000 limestone slope in the Haute Vallée de la Somme area. It includes limestone grasslands and limestone screes of European interest. The slope is home to remarkable plant and animal species, including pasqueflower, wart-biter cricket, branched phalangere and German gentian.

In the remarkable network of limestone slopes in the Haute Vallée de la Somme, the Larris de Bray-sur-Somme is the third station of the wart-biter cricket.

Waterways and surroundings

The Les Pêcheurs de Bray-sur-Somme association offers fishing in numerous ponds and in the River Somme. At Les Pêcheurs de Bray-sur-Somme, coarse fishing, predator fishing, day and night carp fishing, and a carpodrome are available.

The Abbaye Notre-Dame de la Brelle is located in the vicinity of Bray-sur-Somme. In the wider surrounding region are the Museum of the Great War, the Ancienne Abbaye Saint-Pierre de Corbie, the Abbatiale Saint-Pierre de Corbie and Les Hortillonnages d'Amiens.

Other places: Friville-Escarbotin, Yzengremer, La Faloise, Épagne-Épagnette, Naours, Longueval, Suzanne, Courcelles-Au-Bois

More about the Somme: Somme.