department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
of the
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Somme or The Somme may refer to: Places
*Somme (department), a department of France
*Somme, Queensland, Australia
*Canal de la Somme, a canal in France
*Somme (river), a river in France
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Somme'' (book), a ...
and in the
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost Regions of France, region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its Prefectu ...
region
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of northern
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of Overseas France, overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic, Pacific Ocean, Pac ...
.
Geography
The canton is organised around the commune of
Ham
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.
Composition
At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 19 to 67
communes
An intentional community is a voluntary residential community which is designed to have a high degree of social cohesion and teamwork from the start. The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political, religious, ...
(7 of which were merged into the new communes Hypercourt,
Ablaincourt-Pressoir
Ablaincourt-Pressoir is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
The two villages were formerly separately administered, but were joined in 1966.
Geography
Ablaincourt-Pressoir is found in the Santerre sub-regi ...
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Assevillers
Assevillers is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and terr ...
Belloy-en-Santerre
Belloy-en-Santerre (, literally ''Belloy in Santerre'') is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated on the D79 road, about from the junction of the A1 autoroute and the N29, som ...
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Berny-en-Santerre
Berny-en-Santerre is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated at the junction of the D146 and D150 roads, one mile from the junction of the A1 and A29 autoroutes, some east of ...
Brouchy
Brouchy () is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Brouchy is situated on the D4937 road, some southwest of Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Saint- ...
Chaulnes
Chaulnes () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Chaulnes lies in the eastern part of the Somme department, 13 km north of Roye. The Chaulnes station is served by local trains between Am ...
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Chuignes
Chuignes () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Chuignes is situated on the D143 and D71 crossroads, near the banks of the river Somme, some east of Amiens.
Population
See also
*Communes of ...
Croix-Moligneaux
Croix-Moligneaux () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated on the D937 road, 1.6 km from the banks of the river Somme, west of Saint-Quentin.
The Seine-Nord canal wi ...
Dompierre-Becquincourt
Dompierre-Becquincourt () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated on the D71 road, some east of Amiens.
Population
Gallery
File:Dompierre-Becquincourt Cem 2011 02.jpg, F ...
Ennemain
Ennemain () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and terr ...
Esmery-Hallon
Esmery-Hallon (; pcd, Inmery-Hallon) is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated on the D186 and D17 junction, some ...
Falvy
Falvy () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Falvy is situated on the D103 road, on the banks of the river Somme, some west of Saint-Quentin.
History
Falvy originated as a Gaulish village. ...
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Fay
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Fontaine-lès-Cappy
Fontaine-lès-Cappy (, literally ''Fontaine near Cappy''; pcd, Fontainne-lès-Capin) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated on the D71 road, some east of Amiens
Ami ...
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Foucaucourt-en-Santerre
Foucaucourt-en-Santerre is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated on the N29 road, some east of Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commun ...
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Framerville-Rainecourt
Framerville-Rainecourt is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated east of Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, l ...
Ham
Ham is pork from a leg cut of pork, cut that has been food preservation, preserved by wet or dry Curing (food preservation), curing, with or without smoking (cooking), smoking."Bacon: Bacon and Ham Curing" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. Lo ...
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Herleville
Herleville () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Herleville is situated on the D143 road, some east of Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in north ...
Lihons
Lihons is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Lihons is situated east of Amiens, on the D337 road
Population
Places of interest
The ...
Matigny
Matigny () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and terri ...
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Mesnil-Saint-Nicaise
Mesnil-Saint-Nicaise () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated on the D19 road, some southwest of Saint-Quentin.
Population
See also
*Communes of the Somme department
...
Nesle
Nesle () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Nesle is situated at the junction of the D930 and D337 roads, some southwest of Saint-Quentin. The Ingon, a small stream, passes through the commun ...
Proyart
Proyart is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Proyart is situated on the D329 road, some east of Amiens.
Population
Places of interest
* War memorial
* The château
See also
*Communes of the S ...
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Punchy
Punchy may refer to:
*Punchy, Hawaiian Punch's mascot
*Dementia pugilistica, a neurological disorder which affects some boxers, also called punch-drunk syndrome
* Punchy, Somme, a French commune
*Punchy, a nickname for the town of Punchbowl, New ...
Voyennes
Voyennes is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Voyennes is situated 30 miles(48 km) west of Amiens, on the D417 road in the valley ...
Arrondissements of the Somme department
The 4 Arrondissements of France, arrondissements of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department are:
# Arrondissement of Abbeville, (subprefectures in France, subprefecture: Abbeville) with 164 Communes of France, communes. The ...
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Cantons of the Somme department The following is a list of the 23 cantons of the Somme department, in France, following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015:
* Abbeville-1
* Abbeville-2
* Ailly-sur-Noye
* Ailly-sur-Somme
* Albert
* Amiens-1
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Communes of the Somme department
The following is a list of the 772 communes of the Somme department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Ham
Ham is pork from a leg cut of pork, cut that has been food preservation, preserved by wet or dry Curing (food preservation), curing, with or without smoking (cooking), smoking."Bacon: Bacon and Ham Curing" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. Lo ...