Longpré-les-Corps-Saints

Longpré-les-Corps-Saints (French pronunciation: [lɔ̃pʁe le kɔʁ sɛ̃]) is a commune in Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Situated on the D3 and D216 junction and on the banks of the river Somme, surrounded by peat fen, some 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Abbeville.

Longpré-les-Corps-Saints station, on the railway from Paris to Boulogne-sur-Mer, has rail connections to Amiens and Abbeville.

[5] A collegial church was established here, and by the 13th century had attracted the attention of Popes, notably Innocent III and Gregory IX who granted it their protection.

On 28 December 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, the Germans fought and killed 8 and wounded 15 combatants and civilians.

The town around 1900
The crypt, all that remains of the first church
Old columns forming part of the present church grounds
Plaque commemorating five French soldiers
Eroded stonework of the church