Forest-l'Abbaye (;
Picard
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: ''Fèr-l'Abbie'') is a
commune in the
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department in
Hauts-de-France
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in northern
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.
Geography
The commune is situated on the D105 road, on the edge of the forest of
Crécy, north of
Abbeville
Abbeville (; ; ) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
It is the of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of Ponthieu.
Geography
Location
A ...
.
History
There was a station on the
Réseau des Bains de Mer
The Réseau des Bains de Mer (, RBM) was a group of five metre gauge railways centred on Noyelles-sur-Mer, with a total route length of some . It was a part of the ''Chemins de fer départementaux de la Somme''. Three of the lines are still open a ...
located on the line from
Abbeville
Abbeville (; ; ) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
It is the of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of Ponthieu.
Geography
Location
A ...
to
Dompierre-sur-Authie, opened on 19 June 1892. Forest-l'Abbaye was the junction for the branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer to
Noyelles-sur-Mer, which opened on 24 August 1892. The station and both lines closed to passengers on 10 March 1947. The line to Abbeville closed to freight on that date, but the line to Noyelles remained open to freight until 1 February 1951.
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):[Réseau des Bains de Mer
The Réseau des Bains de Mer (, RBM) was a group of five metre gauge railways centred on Noyelles-sur-Mer, with a total route length of some . It was a part of the ''Chemins de fer départementaux de la Somme''. Three of the lines are still open a ...]
References
Communes of Somme (department)
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