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The Somme rises in the small village of Fonsommes, 15 km north-east of Saint-Quentin, in the Aisne. It is a quiet river that flows 245 km through Picardy before entering the English Channel at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.
The site of the source is pleasantly laid out for picnickers and walkers. The water flows from a blue-stone basin surrounded by attractive trees.
Laid out by the monks of Prémontré Abbey, the source of the Scheldt lies in a remote spot north of Saint-Quentin.
A rocky chaos about ten metres high with surprising shapes. According to legend: Gargantua empties his basket and creates the mountain on which the town of Laon is built.
One of France's largest forests, crescent-shaped around Villers-Cotterêts, hiding rock formations and one of the finest beech woods in the country.
In the former Motobécane factory at Saint-Quentin, a reconstructed village of old trades and the only Motobécane museum in France.
The museum owes its international reputation to the prestigious set of pastel portraits by Maurice-Quentin de La Tour (1704–1788).
A museum in Saint-Quentin presenting one of the largest insect collections in France, with butterflies and beetles from all over the world.