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The Somme towns were strategically important in the 15th century conflict between the Valois dukes of Burgundy and the kings of France. [15] Picardy, the region in north eastern France in which they were located, lay between the French royal domain in the Île-de-France and the dukes' Low Countries possessions, the Burgundian Netherlands. [16]
Somme (French pronunciation: ⓘ; Picard: Sonme) is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France region . It is bordered by Pas-de-Calais and Nord to the north, Aisne to the east, Oise to the south and Seine-Maritime to the southwest.
Somme: Communes of the Somme department: 81 Tarn: Communes of the Tarn department: 82 Tarn-et-Garonne: Communes of the Tarn-et-Garonne department: 83 Var: Communes of the Var department: 84 Vaucluse: Communes of the Vaucluse department: 85 Vendée: Communes of the Vendée department: 86 Vienne: Communes of the Vienne department: 87 Haute-Vienne
The commune (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is a level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are analogous to civil townships and incorporated municipalities in the United States and Canada, Gemeinden in Germany, comuni in Italy, or municipios in Spain. The UK equivalent are civil parishes.
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km 2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. Beaumont Hamel Dedication Ceremony to Newfoundland Regiment Beaumont-Hamel ( French pronunciation: [bomɔ̃ amɛl] ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France .
The Jules Verne Viaduct, 943 metres (3,094 ft) long, crosses the River Somme to the east of the city and allows circumvention of the city by motorway-type roads. The A16 and A29 autoroutes, the RN1 and the RN25 form a bypass-type motorway around the city that the population has called the Rocade d'Amiens [ fr ] or Amiens ring road.
Admiral Anatole-Amédée-Prosper Courbet (1827–1885), French admiral; a commemorative monument is located in the square bearing his name; Jacques Darras (born 1939), academic and poet; Mickaël Debève (born 1970), footballer; Louis-Alexandre Dévérité (1743–1818), Deputy of the Somme during the French Revolution
Péronne (French pronunciation:) is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is the former site of the Péronne monastery, founded by the Anglo-Saxon Eorcenwald. Its site became the resting place for St. Fursa, celebrated by the famous English historian Bede. [3]