• 50806 The Canton of Corbie is a canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France. The canton is organised...
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    river from Amiens, in the département of Somme and is the main town of the canton of Corbie. It lies in the valley of the river Somme, at the confluence...
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  • (bird) or Common raven Corbie (moth) (Oncopera intricata), a moth of Australia Canton of Corbie, Somme, Hauts-de-France, France Corbie Abbey, a former Benedictine...
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    Villers-Bretonneux (category Communes of Somme (department))
    route of the ancient Roman road linking Amiens to Saint-Quentin in the Aisne. The agglomeration is located at the crossroads of the D 23 linking Corbie to...
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  • 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...
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    24th Senegalese Tirailleurs Regiment (category Colonial regiments of France)
    combattu les 24 et 28 mai 1940 à AUBIGNY". LE SOUVENIR FRANCAIS - COMITE CANTONAL DE CORBIE (in French). Retrieved 2024-06-20. "La 4e D.I.C. dans la Bataille...
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    Stepped gable (redirect from Corbie steps)
    crow-stepped gable, or corbie step is a stairstep type of design at the top of the triangular gable-end of a building. The top of the parapet wall projects...
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    Laval, Mayenne (category Communes of Mayenne)
    Counts of Laval, mediaeval chroniclers portrayed the citizens of Laval as being the offspring of Charles Martel's grandson Wala of Corbie. By virtue of the...
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    Vaire-sous-Corbie (French pronunciation: [vɛʁ su kɔʁbi], literally Vaire under Corbie; Picard: Vaire-dsou-Corbeu) is a commune in the Somme department...
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    removed to Corbie, Prague and Einsiedeln. She enjoyed especial popularity in Strasbourg. The strength of her cult is supposed to have been a result of her patronage...
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    (80202) Contay (80207) Conteville (80208) Contre (80210) Conty (80211) Corbie (80212) Courcelles-sous-Moyencourt (80218) Courcelles-sous-Thoix (80219)...
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  • a center for the relief of suffering. Among the monasteries notable in this respect were those of the Benedictines at Corbie in Picardy, Hirschau, Braunweiler...
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    north-east of Northampton. In 2011 it had a population of 56,810. From 1974 to 2021, it was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of Corby, which...
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  • Ergnies (category Communes of Somme (department))
    Ergnies is situated on the D46 road, some 16 km (10 mi) east of Abbeville. Communes of the Somme department "Répertoire national des élus: les maires"...
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    Y, Somme (category Communes of Somme (department))
    commune has been a part of the Canton of Ham. During the 2014 cantonal redistribution in France, the boundaries of the canton were expanded from 19 to...
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    Gentelles (category Communes of Somme (department))
    to the abbey of Corbie by Clovis II and Saint Bathilde. On November 27, 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, Gentelles was the scene of a skirmish between...
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    Crécy-en-Ponthieu (category Communes of Somme (department))
    south of Calais in the northern French department of Somme. It gives its name to Crécy Forest, which starts about two kilometres to the south-west of the...
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    following is a list of the 772 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020): Communauté...
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    Amiens (redirect from Geography of Amiens)
    the French municipal elections of 2014, the distribution of seats is as follows: Amiens is divided into seven cantons: Amiens is divided into two legislative...
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    Ham, Somme (category Communes of Somme (department))
    kilometres (13 mi) southwest of Saint-Quentin, in the far southeast of the department, near the border with the department of the Aisne. Ham (Somme) station...
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    mouth of the canalised river Somme. It is 30 kilometres (19 miles) north west of Abbeville and to the west of the battlefields of the Somme. Most of the...
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    Estrées-Deniécourt (category Communes of Somme (department))
    junction with the A1 autoroute, west of the river Somme and 28 miles (45 km) east of Amiens. It has the remains of a Roman road, the Chaussée Brunehaut...
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    Abbeville (category Communes of Somme (department))
    northern France. It is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of Ponthieu. Abbeville is located...
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    Péronne, Somme (category Communes of Somme (department))
    pronunciation: [peʁɔn]) is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is the former site of the Péronne monastery, founded...
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    Ovillers-la-Boisselle (category Communes of Somme (department))
    France. The commune of Ovillers-la-Boisselle is situated 22 kilometres (14 mi) northeast of Amiens and extends to the north and south of the D 929 Albert–Bapaume...
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    Beaumont-Hamel (category Communes of Somme (department))
    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...
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    the bay of Somme View of Mers-les-Bains Amiens Château de Rambures Chapel in Saint-Valery-sur-Somme Cantons of the Somme department Communes of the Somme...
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    Albert, Somme (category Communes of Somme (department))
    a Roman outpost, in about 54 BC. After being known by various forms of the name of the local river, the Ancre, it was renamed to Albert after it passed...
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    Mers-les-Bains (category Communes of Somme (department))
    trois villes soeurs). Much of the older part of town developed in the heyday of seaside bathing, during the latter part of the 19th century. As a consequence...
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    Le Crotoy (category Communes of Somme (department))
    inhabitants are known as Crotellois. Isabella of France, queen consort of England, and her son (later Edward III of England) embarked from Crotoy for Holland...
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