Cavron-Saint-Martin
Encyclopedia
Cavron-Saint-Martin is a commune
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
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, a tiny tributary of the Canche
river. The surrounding area is known as the Seven Valleys.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
Cavron St. Martin is in the valley of the PlanquettePlanquette
The river Planquette is one of the small streams that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the Canche.The river rises at Planques and passes Fressin, Wambercourt, Cavron-Saint-Martin and joins the Canche at Contes.-References:...
, a tiny tributary of the Canche
Canche
The river Canche is one of the rivers that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the English Channel. The Somme is the largest example. The basin of the Canche extends to 1,274 square kilometres and lies in the southern end of the département of Pas-de-Calais...
river. The surrounding area is known as the Seven Valleys.
Population
Places of interest
- The church of St.Walloy, dating from the fifteenth century.
- A disused watermillWatermillA watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour, lumber or textile production, or metal shaping .- History :...
, behind the restaurant. - A café-shop and 'La Planquette' restaurant.
- An estaminet, 'Chès Deux Agaches'. Here one can find reproductions (made by the owner) of traditional wooden pub games that can be played in the pub.