Le Hamel (other)
Le Hamel is the name of the following communes in France: * Le Hamel, Oise, in the Oise department * Le Hamel, Somme, in the Somme department * Le Hamel, a hamlet of the commune of Asnelles, Calvados See also * Hamel (other) Hamel may refer to: Places * El Hamel, Algeria, a commune * Hamel, Western Australia, a town * Hamel, Nord, France, a commune * Le Hamel (other), three communes in France * Hamel, Illinois, United States, a village * Hamel, Minnesota, ...

Le Hamel, Oise
Le Hamel () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. See also * Communes of the Oise department The following is a list of the 679 communes of the Oise department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Communes of Oise {{Oise-geo-stub ...
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Le Hamel, Somme
Le Hamel () is a commune in the Somme department and Hauts-de-France region of northern France. Geography Le Hamel is situated some 20 km east of Amiens in the valley of the Somme. The surrounding district is the historical Santerre, a lightly wooded and agricultural plateau. History The settlement is first documented in 1184 as belonging to the powerful abbey of Corbie. The name has the same root as ''hameau'' ("hamlet"), a small rural settlement. The town and surrounding countryside was the scene of the Battle of Hamel on 4 July 1918, during World War I. The battle, despite being small in scale, is notable for being the first instance in which combined arms tactics were used in warfare. Places of interest * A park commemorating the 1000+ Australian troops who died in the Battle of Hamel was inaugurated on 4 July 1998, exactly 80 years after the date of the event. The site symbolises the friendship between France and Australia. * The lakes of the Somme valley. Image: ...
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Asnelles
Asnelles () is a commune in the Calvados department in the Normandy region of north-western France. The inhabitants of the commune are known as ''Asnellois'' or ''Asnelloises''. Geography Asnelles is located at the seaside some 13 km north-east of Bayeux and 10 west of Courseulles-sur-Mer. Access to the commune is by the D514 road from Saint-Côme-de-Fresné in the west passing through the town and continuing to Ver-sur-Mer in the east. The D65 road from Arromanches to Meuvaines passes through the south of the commune. The D65A links the D514 to the D65. A large part of the commune is residential with the sea shore fully urban but some 50% of the commune is farmland. The Gronde river passes through the heart of the commune from south to north emptying into the English Channel. History Tradition says that William the Conqueror, to escape his pursuers and after having taken refuge at the house of Baron Hubert de Ryes, regained his ducal castle by following small sunke ...
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