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The church of Hautecloque is one of the so-called « second reconstruction » churches. Effectively, under its 16th century appearance it dates from 1959 and is the only “identical” reconstruction in the diocese.

The village church of Boubers sur Canche is part of the charm of this little country village, regularly winning the title of “Flowered Village” and offering pleasant walks in a preserved natural country-side.

The church of Saint-Léger, commonly known as the church of Basse-Nendaz, dates back to the end of the 9th or the beginning of the 10th century. However, the present structure of the church owes much to a renovation in the 1960s. The original chapel, which is the oldest part of the building, now serves as a crypt.

Founded in the 12th century, rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries, the church was disoriented and enlarged in the 19th century and equipped with a portal and a rose window six metres in diameter in flamboyant gothic style. Outside, the building conceals many curiosities, notably on the north façade with its balusters and its curious gargoyles. The south chapel houses the oldest stained glass window (12th century) in Brittany, which comes from the abbey of Saint-Denis near Paris and the Assumption a painting by Achille Dévéria from 1835. The north chapel holds a painting by Eugène Dévéria (19th century). The church tower can be visited during the high season.

The Saint-Leonard church is located in Ménévillers, in Picardy. This Romanesque building was redesigned in the seventeenth century, including the addition of a curved entrance, decorated with a brace and topped with an oculus. The choir of the church is attached on one side to the presbytery and on the other to an old farm of the abbey. It has a baptismal font from the 11th century.

Modestly sized church, once a place of pilgrimage known throughout France for several centuries, but which was devastated at the time of the Norman invasions. Inside, the church conceals several elements that are worth a visit: a 17th century polychrome terracotta sculpture of the "Dormition of the Virgin", a stained glass window depicting a miracle by Saint Leonard, and particularly well-preserved stained glass windows and wall frescoes.

Built in the 13th century, the church was partly destroyed during the English invasions and then rebuilt in the 15th century. Only the foundations of the bell tower remain from the 13th century. The facade would even date from the 16th century, with its Renaissance portal. The building was consolidated in the 19th century by a major restoration operation.

Classified as a Historic Monument, the church of Saint-Louis des Chartrons is the work of the architect Charles-Louis Brun. It was completed in 1880. It has the most important symphonic organ in the Aquitaine region (Wenner-Maille). An exceptional instrument for concerts all year round.

Church built in the 13th century, in a primitive Romanesque and Gothic style. The building is dedicated to Saint-Louis, as he would have landed on the beaches of Hyères in the 13th century.

Built in the 1920s, the Saint-Louis de Vincennes church was designed before the First World War. This shows the audacity of the young architects Jacques Droz and Joseph Marrast who, from the outset, chose to use the new material in architecture that reinforced concrete represented, to design a space dedicated to worship free of traditional walls and pillars. In addition to this, there was an immediate desire to turn it into an interdisciplinary artistic project heralding the revival of the sacred art of the inter-war period. Listed as a Historic Monument, it is one of the rare churches of this period in France, entirely preserved.