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Dreuil-lès-Amiens (French pronunciation: [dʁœj lɛ.z‿amjɛ̃], literally Dreuil near Amiens; Picard: Dréeuil-lès-Anmien) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
The commune is situated 6 miles (10 km) south of Amiens, on the D7 road. The population has increased two-fold in the last 30 years, as people of the region have left the land to work in or around Amiens.
The Somme and its basin, showing Abbeville, Amiens, Corbie and Saint-Quentin. The Somme towns (French: Villes de la Somme) were a series of nine fortified towns in Picardy in north eastern France, constituting, in the 15th century, a single domain. They were given the name because most of them, but not all, were in the valley of the river Somme.
Amiens also benefits from the proximity of the Baie de Somme, a tourist hotspot registered at the Club des plus belles baies du monde and labelled Great Site of France . Amiens has the label of Towns and Lands of Art and History since 1992. Within this framework, the host of the heritage organises guided tours on themes intended for an audience ...
The God of Amiens. Work, by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, 1863. Portrait of a Man, El Greco, circa 1600-1610 Self-portrait, Maurice Quentin de La Tour, circa 1751 Portrait of a Gentleman in armour, Pourbus Pieter, oil on panel, 3rd quarter of the 16th century. The Musée de Picardie is the main museum of Amiens and Picardy, in France. It is ...
Many watermills, and later, factories powered by the water, sprang up along the river, to take advantage of the natural force. A mill pond once filled the area near where the Mairie and car-park are found today. The railway from Beauvais to Amiens ran through the town from 1876 to 1939. The old route is now a popular walk.
Picquigny is situated at the junction of the N235, the D141 and D3 roads, on the banks of the river Somme, some 8 miles (13 km) northwest (and downstream) of Amiens. Picquigny station has rail connections to Amiens and Abbeville.
Le Quesnel Memorial, with Le Quesnel village in the distance. The site at Le Quesnel Memorial was selected because it marks the location of the deepest penetration the Canadians (and indeed any of the Allied armies) achieved on the first day of the Battle of Amiens, over 8 miles or 13 kilometres into German-held territory from their starting point.