Crécy-en-Ponthieu

Crécy -en- Ponthieu is a municipality in the north of France, in Somme in the Picardie region. The village is located about 15 km north of Abbeville on the river Maye, is the capital of an eponymous canton and has 1545 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ).

The State Forest Forêt de Crécy, 43 km ² the biggest connected and publicly accessible forest area of ​​the Somme, surrounding the village.

Crécy is mainly known for the Battle of Crécy on 26 August 1346 the first major battle in the Hundred Years War between England and France.

Picardy Arrondissement Arrondissement of Abbeville Cantons of France Postal codes in France Ault (Somme) Canchy (Somme) Le Crotoy Domvast Forest-Montiers Gamaches Gueschart Hallencourt Hiermont Huppy Mers-les-Bains Mons-Boubert Moyenneville (Somme) Nampont Neuville-au-Bois Nouvion Noyelles-sur-Mer Oisemont Oust-Marest Rambures Rue (Somme) Saint-Valery-sur-Somme Senarpont Vaudricourt (Somme) Woignarue Woincourt Woirel Yaucourt-Bussus Yonval Yvrench Yvrencheux Yzengremer
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