Monts-En-Ternois combines an agricultural setting with a distinctive village layout and remarkable architectural heritage. This gives you a clear focus when choosing a destination: you can take in both the landscape and the village’s history, without reducing the place to a single feature. This character is especially evident in the settlement pattern, the two village entrances and the variety of buildings.
Landscape and settlement pattern
Agricultural land covers most of the commune, and pastures surround the built-up area. The village is surrounded by pastureland and an agricultural plain; undulating terrain and bocage vegetation shape the immediate surroundings. The plain and the undulating terrain are distinct features: the landscape is agricultural, but cannot be described as entirely flat. If you also choose a place to stay based on its surroundings, the pastures, plain and varied terrain together give a more precise impression than any single word for the landscape.
The village layout is also part of its character: Monts-En-Ternois developed as a ribbon village along Rue Principale, the RD 103 and then the RD 82 towards Gouy-en-Ternois. This sequence of roads helps you understand the settlement pattern and follow the village’s spatial development.
Two distinct village entrances
The village entrance on the RD 103 from Buneville is relatively unobtrusive. Buildings are sparse there and stand on just one side of the road. A gap in the settlement follows before you reach the village centre. From the direction of Magnicourt-sur-Canche, a crossroads and the start of more pronounced development on the RD 82 mark the village entrance. The former National Stud building is also located there. The two approaches therefore offer different points of reference: on one side, the sparse start of the settlement and a gap; on the other, the crossroads and the beginning of built-up development.
Church, chapel and former stud building
The Église Saint-Adrien is a remarkable building in Monts-En-Ternois. Its bell tower and interior paintings were renovated in 2007. The church also houses a bell classified as an object. Together, these details offer different points of interest in the church building: the restoration of the tower and paintings, and the bell as an individually classified object.
The Ancienne chapelle is part of Monts-En-Ternois’s remarkable but unprotected architectural heritage. The former National Stud building also forms part of the village’s identity-defining heritage. The chapel represents remarkable but unprotected architecture; the former stud building is another element of the village’s identity-defining heritage. These buildings thus complement the church with different aspects of local history.
What to consider when choosing a destination
If you are considering Monts-En-Ternois as a destination for a stay, you can base your choice on two interests: the agricultural surroundings with their pastures and bocage vegetation, or the history of the buildings.
Discover more destinations
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For the broader travel guide: Pas-De-Calais.
