Beaucamps-Le-Vieux: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Beaucamps-le-Vieux is associated with chairmaking and the processing of rye straw into seat surfaces, a practice introduced in the early 19th century. The wood used connects local chairmaking with the terroir.

Those who choose Beaucamps-le-Vieux as a travel destination may wish to rent a holiday apartment.

Culture

The annual Fête de la chaise et du meuble in Beaucamps-le-Vieux showcases the skills of local manufacturers. The Fête de la chaise et du meuble picard welcomed twenty manufacturers as exhibitors, displaying more than two hundred chair models.

History

The former Gaudefroy Thibaude weaving site is located in Beaucamps-le-Vieux. The former Gaudefroy factory was mentioned in 1871 as a felt factory and, under the name Gaudefroy Frères, specialised in producing Thibaudes made from cow hair.

Around 1967, the former factory was taken over by Sopibat; Sepa and Fogepe followed, specialising in automotive mechanics. In 2019, a church programme included a Palm Sunday procession in Beaucamps-le-Vieux starting from the Chapelle de l’Abbé Lyonneau.

Cycling

The Chés Pailleuses cycle path (Boucle A) passes through Beaucamps-le-Vieux. The Chés Pailleuses cycling route (Boucle A) is 37 km long and starts at Place du Pré in Hornoy-le-Bourg.

The route passes through the valleys of the Bresle and the Liger, where meadows, forests and orchards alternate.

To the higher-level travel overview: Somme.

More destinations

More places in the same destination:

Mesnil-Domqueur, Arquèves, Nampont, Ergnies, Beauchamps, Cramont, Assevillers, Amiens.