Abbeville. Abbeville is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in 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.
Its inhabitants are called the Abbevillois. Abbeville is located on the Somme River, 20 km from its modern mouth in the English Channel.
The majority of the town is located on the east bank of the Somme, as well as on an island. It is located at the head of the Abbeville Canal, and is 45 km northwest of Amiens and approximately 200 kilometres from Paris.
It is also 10 kilometres as the crow flies from the Bay of Somme and the English Channel. In the medieval period, it was the lowest crossing point on the Somme and it was nearby that Edward III's army crossed shortly before the Battle of Crécy in 1346. Just halfway between Rouen and Lille, it is the historical capital of the County of Ponthieu and maritime Picardy. v. t. e. Places adjacent to Abbeville Grand-Laviers Buigny-Saint-Maclou Drucat Caours Cambron Abbeville Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy Yonval Mareuil-Caubert Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy Épagne-Épagnette Émonville Park takes its name from one of its owners Arthur Foulc d'Émonville, an amateur botanist, who bought a part of the Priory of Saints Peter and Paul in order to accommodate a garden and to construct a mansion, which now houses the study and heritage section of
It is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the River Somme, it was the capital of Ponthieu.
Its inhabitants are called the Abbevillois. Abbeville is located on the Somme River, 20 km from its modern mouth in the English Channel.
The majority of the town is located on the east bank of the Somme, as well as on an island. It is located at the head of the Abbeville Canal, and is 45 km northwest of Amiens and approximately 200 kilometres from Paris.
It is also 10 kilometres as the crow flies from the Bay of Somme and the English Channel. In the medieval period, it was the lowest crossing point on the Somme and it was nearby that Edward III's army crossed shortly before the Battle of Crécy in 1346. Just halfway between Rouen and Lille, it is the historical capital of the County of Ponthieu and maritime Picardy. v. t. e. Places adjacent to Abbeville Grand-Laviers Buigny-Saint-Maclou Drucat Caours Cambron Abbeville Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy Yonval Mareuil-Caubert Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy Épagne-Épagnette Émonville Park takes its name from one of its owners Arthur Foulc d'Émonville, an amateur botanist, who bought a part of the Priory of Saints Peter and Paul in order to accommodate a garden and to construct a mansion, which now houses the study and heritage section of
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