The Canton of Gamaches is a

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situated in the

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of the

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and in the

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of northern

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Geography

The canton is organised around the commune of

Gamaches Gamaches () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Gamaches is situated on the D1015, on the banks of the river Bresle, the border with Seine-Maritime, some southwest of Abbeville.Huge lakes to t ...

Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 20 to 36 communes:Décret n° 2014-263 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Somme
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Aigneville Aigneville (; pcd, Aingville) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune lies about southwest of Abbeville, at the junction of the departmental roads D67 and D65. Population See also ...

Allery Allery () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated south of Abbeville, at the junction of the D193 and D76 roads. Population Places and monuments * War Memorial * twelfth ...

* Bailleul * Beauchamps *

Bettencourt-Rivière Bettencourt-Rivière is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D216 road, some southeast of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in ...

* Biencourt *

Bouillancourt-en-Séry Bouillancourt-en-Séry (; pcd, Bouillincourt-in-Sry) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated by the banks of the river Bresle, the border with the Seine-Maritime départem ...

* Bouttencourt *

Bouvaincourt-sur-Bresle Bouvaincourt-sur-Bresle (, literally ''Bouvaincourt on Bresle'') is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D1015 road, by the banks of the river Bresle, the border wi ...

Buigny-lès-Gamaches Buigny-lès-Gamaches (, literally ''Buigny near Gamaches''; pcd, Boégny-lès-Gamache) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D190 road, some southwest of Abbeville. ...

* Chépy *

Citerne Citerne (; Picard: ''Chitèrne'') is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Citerne is situated on the D53, in the west of the département, some south of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerk ...

Dargnies Dargnies () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Dargnies is situated on the D2 and D19 road junction, high up in the valley of the Bresle, some southwest of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, ...

Doudelainville Doudelainville (; pcd, Dodlinville) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Doudelainville is situated in the north of the department on the D25 road, about south of Abbeville. Population See al ...

Embreville Embreville () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Embreville is situated southwest of Abbeville on the D190, a couple of miles from the river Somme. Population See also *Communes of the Somm ...

Érondelle Érondelle (; pcd, Érondé) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Érondelle is situated on the D218e road, and the banks of the river Somme, some southeast of Abbeville Abbeville (, vl ...

* Feuquières-en-Vimeu *

Fontaine-sur-Somme Fontaine-sur-Somme (, literally ''Fontaine on Somme''; pcd, Fontainne-su-Sonme) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D3 road, some southeast of Abbeville on the l ...

Frettemeule Frettemeule (; pcd, Frécmole) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Frettemeule is situated on the D190 road, some southwest of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a ...

* Frucourt *

Hallencourt Hallencourt () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Hallencourt is situated at the junction of the D21, D53 and D173 roads, some south of Abbeville. The commune comprises the two villages of Ha ...

Huppy Huppy () is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Huppy is situated at the junction of the D25 and D13 roads, some south-southwest of Abb ...

Liercourt Liercourt (; pcd, Lièrcourt) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Liercourt is situated at the junction of the D3 and D901 roads, in the valley of the Somme River, southeast of Abbeville ...

* Limeux * Longpré-les-Corps-Saints *

Maisnières Maisnières (; or ''Maisnières-en-Vimeu''; pcd, Mainniére-in-Vimeu) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D22 and D190 crossroads, some southwest of Abbeville. Th ...

Martainneville Martainneville (; pcd, Martchainneville) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Martainneville is situated on the D190 road, some southwest of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, ...

Mérélessart Mérélessart is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D21 road, some south of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme d ...

* Ramburelles *

Saint-Maxent Saint-Maxent (; pcd, Saint-Manchin) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated some southwest of Abbeville, on the D86 and D29 road junction, about a mile from the A28 autorout ...

* Sorel-en-Vimeu *

Tilloy-Floriville Tilloy-Floriville is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated southwest of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme department and i ...

* Vaux-Marquenneville *

Vismes Vismes () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Vismes is situated 10 miles(16 km) southwest of Abbeville, on the D190 road History The chateau of Vismes was built by the seigneurs of Vismes, ...

Wiry-au-Mont Wiry-au-Mont (; pcd, Wéry-au-Mont) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated 16 km (10 miles) south of Abbeville, on the D936 road. Population Places of interest * ...