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Arrondissement Of Péronne
The arrondissement of Péronne is an arrondissement of France in the Somme department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 208 communes. Its population is 92,535 (2021), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Péronne, and their INSEE codes, are: # Ablaincourt-Pressoir (80002) # Acheux-en-Amiénois (80003) # Aizecourt-le-Bas (80014) # Aizecourt-le-Haut (80015) # Albert (80016) # Allaines (80017) # Arquèves (80028) # Assevillers (80033) # Athies (80034) # Auchonvillers (80038) # Authie (80043) # Authuille (80045) # Aveluy (80047) # Barleux (80054) # Bayencourt (80057) # Bayonvillers (80058) # Bazentin (80059) # Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre (80065) # Beaufort-en-Santerre (80067) # Beaumont-Hamel (80069) # Bécordel-Bécourt (80073) # Belloy-en-Santerre (80080) # Bernes (80088) # Berny-en-Santerre (80090) # Bertrancourt (80095) # Béthencourt-sur-Somme (80097) # Biaches (80102) # Billancourt (80105) # Bouchavesnes-Bergen (80115) # ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Péronne, Somme
Péronne () is a Commune in France, commune of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, 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. The monastery was popular with Irish monks, among them Cellanus, whose letters to Aldhelm the Bishop of Sherborne survive. So renowned was Péronne for Irish monks that the monastery became known as ''Perrona Scottorum'' . The monastery was destroyed in a Viking raid in 880. It is close to where the Battle of the Somme, 1916, First Battle of the Somme (1918), first 1918 and Second Battle of the Somme (1918), second 1918 Battles of the Somme took place during the First World War. The Museum of the Great War (known in French as the ''Historial de la Grande Guerre'') is located in the château. Geography Péronne is situated in the old region of Santerre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athies, Somme
Athies () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. See also *Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 771 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Raymond Couvègnes References Communes of Somme (department) Picardy {{Péronne-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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, some east of Amiens. History Aaerial photographtaken in 1967 shows the outline of a large, rectangular, south-facing Gallo-Roman villa on the site of present-day Belloy. Population Personalities Alan Seeger, American poet, who had joined the French Foreign Legion, died here during the Battle of the Somme in 1916. See also *Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 771 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bécordel-Bécourt
Bécordel-Bécourt (; before 1900: ''Bécourt-Bécordel''Paul Decagny, ''L'arrondissement de Péronne, ou recherches sur les villes, bourgs, villages et hameaux qui le composent'' (J. Quentin, 1844), p182) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Situated on the D938 road, about southeast of Albert. History The village of Bécourt was destroyed in the First World War, see Battle of Albert (1914). Population See also *Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 771 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Somme (department) {{Péronne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaumont-Hamel
Beaumont-Hamel () is a Communes of France, commune in the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. During the World War I, First World War, Beaumont-Hamel was close to the front line, near many attacks, especially during the Battle of the Somme, one of the largest allied offensives of the war. On 1 July 1916, the First Day of the Somme, the 29th Division (United Kingdom), 29th Division assaulted the German front line in an attempt to capture the village as part of the Somme Offensive. Included in this division was the Royal Newfoundland Regiment, Newfoundland Regiment. Newfoundland commemorates this event as Memorial Day on 1 July each year. Its Capture of Beaumont-Hamel, capture by the 51st (Highland) Division on 18 November 1916 marked the end of the Battle of the Somme. Fought over for many years, by 1918, the village had been almost totally destroyed. The banks of white chalk at Beaumont-Hamel led to a sector of Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaufort-en-Santerre
Beaufort-en-Santerre (, literally ''Beaufort in Santerre''; ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the junction of the D329 and D161 roads, southeast of Amiens. Population See also *Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 771 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Anna de Diesbach References Communes of Somme (department) {{Péronne-geo-stub ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre
Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre (, literally ''Beaucourt on the Ancre''; ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated south of Arras on the D50 and D163 junction. The Ancre river is little more than a trickle through marshy ground at this point. Population See also *Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 771 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Somme (department) {{Péronne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bazentin
Bazentin () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Situated between Amiens to the southwest and Arras to the north, on the D73 road. Population History * 1914–1918: The village, in the middle of the war zone, was completely destroyed. Places and monuments * Memorial to the naturalist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck * Bazentin-le-Petit Military Cemetery * Bazentin-le-Petit Communal Cemetery Extension People * Birthplace of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, 1 August 1744 Gallery Image:Bazentin_village-natal.jpg, Plaque denoting Lamarck's birthplace Image:Bazentin_cimetiere_1918.jpg, Cemetery entrance Image:Bazentin_panneau-1.jpg, Information board in the village Image:Bazentin_eglise-devant.jpg, The church See also *Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 771 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025): [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayonvillers
Bayonvillers is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Situated a mile from the A29 autoroute, at the junction of the D337 and D165 roads and east of Amiens. Population Bayonvillers (2).JPG, Community hall. Bayonvillers (3).JPG, The green. See also *Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 771 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Somme (department) {{Péronne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bayencourt
Bayencourt is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography A very small village, situated on the junction of the D23 and D129 roads, about halfway between Arras and Amiens. Population See also *Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 771 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Somme (department) {{Péronne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barleux
Barleux () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Situated from the A1 autoroute, at the junction of the D79 and D148 roads, about halfway between Amiens and Saint-Quentin. Population See also *Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 771 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Somme (department) {{Péronne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aveluy
Aveluy () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. See also *Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 771 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Somme (department) {{Péronne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
