near
NEAR or Near may refer to:
People
* Thomas J. Near, US evolutionary ichthyologist
* Near, a developer who created the higan emulator
Science, mathematics, technology, biology, and medicine
* National Emergency Alarm Repeater (NEAR), a form ...
Conty
Conty () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Origin of the name
Conty comes from ''cond'' (confluence) (of the rivers and streams in the valley). The Princes of Conti, a minor branch of French royalty, to ...
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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), ...
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; ; ), also referred to in English as Upper France, is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. ...
in northern
France
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. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Ô-de-Selle.
Geography
The commune is situated south southwest of
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...
, on the D8e road
Population
Places of interest
* The seventeenth century church of Notre-Dame
Château de Tilloy-lès-Conty
This is the ancient
fief
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of the
seigneurs
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A 6000-square-metre garden built by Michel Driencourt around a large 19th-century Picardie farm, in four sections:
* A shady garden with old Japanese cherry trees
* An inner courtyard
* An old orchard and vegetable garden
* A conservatory of ancient varieties
2500 varieties of shrubs and perennials are on show with collections of delphinium, iris, poppies, magnolia, hydrangea and Japanese maples.