Mametz (; ) is a former
commune in the
Somme department in
Hauts-de-France in northern
France
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune
Carnoy-Mametz.
Arrêté préfectoral
26 October 2018
Geography
Mametz is situated on the D64 road, some northeast of Amiens and east of Albert. Fricourt lies to the west, Contalmaison is to the north, Montauban-de-Picardie to the north-east and Carnoy and Maricourt are to the south-east. Mametz Wood is 1,000 yards (910 m) to the north-west. Before the First World War
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, the village was the fifth largest in the area, with about and had a station on the line from Albert to Péronne.
History
In the First World War
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, the area was the site of intense and sustained fighting between German and Allied forces. Between 1914 and 1916, the Western Front ran through Mametz, and the area was devastated. In 1916, Mametz was the site of particularly heavy fighting during the Battle of the Somme (see Capture of Mametz). It was also one of the sites where British mines were exploded on the first day of that battle. After the Armistice of 11 November 1918, the former inhabitants returned and gradually rebuilt most of the infrastructure as it had been before the war. There is a memorial in the commune to the 38th (Welsh) Division at Mametz Wood.
File:Indische Kavallerie-Patrouulle orientiert sich in Mametz.jpg, Indian cavalry patrol in Mametz, July 1916.
File:AWM E00019 5th Div 1916.jpg, Australian 5th Division near Mametz, December 1916.
Population
See also
* Communes of the Somme department
* The Welsh at Mametz Wood (painting)
References
External links
Mametz on the Quid website
Former communes of Somme (department)
Populated places disestablished in 2019
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