The historic site Abbaye de Valloires is located in the vicinity of Hesmond. The wider regional surroundings of Hesmond also include the ruins of Abbaye Notre-Dame de Longvillers, the former Saint-Josse-sur-Mer monastery, and the historic site “Abbaye Notre-Dame de Willencourt (Willencourt, France) 1220–1652”.
Renting a holiday apartment in Hesmond can be part of your own travel planning.
Landscape
La Halte d’Autrefois is located in Hesmond in the green valley of the Créquoise. The educational farm offers hands-on activities such as milking goats and making sourdough bread and goat cheese. La Créquoise is a 41 km route for cycling tourism.
The “Plage Saint-Gabriel” beach is located in the wider regional surroundings of Hesmond. Also located there are Mont Violette hill, the “Etaples Military Cemetary” site registered as a park, and the “Parc du chàteau” site registered as a park.
History
On 4 September 1944, fourteen people arrested at Ferme Surmont in Offin were taken to Fond des Vachaux and shot there. On the same date, sixteen people in Hesmond were murdered by Germans retreating from Normandy.
For 7 September 2024, as part of a memorial day for those who were shot, a wreath-laying ceremony at a stele was announced for 11:50 a.m.
Coulomby, Marquise, Contes, Bailleul-Sir-Berthoult, Vieille-Chapelle, Reclinghem, Landrethun-Le-Nord, Le Sars
