Couin: Château and First World War memorial sites

Couin’s local history encompasses the 18th-century Château de Couin, two First World War cemeteries and a historic wooden statue in the Church of Saint-Pierre. These themes give your travel planning a concrete framework when you’re looking for a hotel in Couin: architecture, remembrance and church art offer different ways to explore the area.

Château de Couin: architecture and visits

The Château de Couin is an authentic residence from the mid-18th century, dating from the reign of Louis XV. The entire property, including its interior and exterior, is protected as a Monument historique (I.S.M.H.). Its authentic interior and exterior decorations include sculptures by Adrien-François D'HUEZ and his son Jean-Baptiste Cyprien D'HUEZ. Visits also include the stables decorated with marble, which are unique in France.

Visits to the Château are available year-round exclusively by prior reservation for groups of 20 or more. If you plan to include the Château in your stay, take this group requirement into account when scheduling and confirm the visit arrangements before you arrive.

First World War cemeteries

Couin British Cemetery is located by the roadside just before the entrance to Couin. Field ambulances of the 48th (South Midland) Division established it in May 1916; units and field ambulances used the cemetery during the 1916 Battle of the Somme. It contains 401 Commonwealth burials from the First World War, as well as three German graves. The site is accessible to wheelchair users, although an alternative entrance may be used. Check in advance which entrance applies to your visit as you plan.

Couin New British Cemetery was opened across the road. It contains the graves of 14 men who served with the New Zealand Expeditionary Force during the First World War. Field ambulances used this cemetery from January 1917 until the end of the war, with a longer interruption in 1917–1918. The two cemeteries therefore have different timelines: the establishment and use of Couin British Cemetery began as early as 1916. Couin New British Cemetery also contains the grave of Sergeant Richard Charles Travis of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. The cemetery register lists him as Dickson Cornelius Savage and identifies him as “V.C.”

Church and geographical orientation

The Church of Saint-Pierre contains a polychrome wooden statue of Saint Leonard from the 18th century. The statue was classified as a Monument historique on 12 January 1966. It adds church art to the site’s architectural and military history.

The Château de Couin is halfway between the cities of Arras and Amiens, in the heart of the Somme battlefields. The “Val d’Authie” cycling loop follows a gently uphill country road to Couin. These details provide different points of reference for travel planning: the Château’s location in the region’s historical context and a specific cycling route.

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For the broader travel overview: Pas-De-Calais.