Ailly-sur-Somme

Ailly-sur-Somme is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Ailly-sur-Somme
Commune
The railway station in Ailly
Coat of arms
Location of Ailly-sur-Somme
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Coordinates: 49°55′38″N 2°11′41″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Ailly-sur-Somme
Intercommunality	Nièvre et Somme
Government
• Mayor (2014-2020)	Catherine Bénédini
Area ^1	15.06 km^2 (5.81 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	2,967
• Density	200/km^2 (510/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80011 /80470
Elevation	12–117 m (39–384 ft) (avg. 19 m or 62 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The town is 5 miles to the west of Amiens, in the valley of the Somme river. Served by the N235 national road and a railway station.

History

• Around 1850 : Implementation along the Somme, of jute processing factories.
• 11 juillet 1906 : Renown Paris-Basle passenger train accident

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±%
2006	3,183	—
2007	3,164	−0.6%
2008	3,186	+0.7%
2009	3,188	+0.1%
2010	3,157	−1.0%
2011	3,126	−1.0%
2012	3,095	−1.0%
2013	3,071	−0.8%
2014	3,048	−0.7%
2015	3,021	−0.9%
2016	2,994	−0.9%

Personality

• James Carmichaël, Scottish industrialist, who installed rope-making equipment.

In fiction

At the outset of the plot of Alex Gerlis' thriller "The Best of Our Spies" a group of refugees go through Ailly-sur-Somme during the Fall of France in May 1940. It is there that the book's protagonist meets with a six year old girl, an encounter which would have wide implications in the book's plot.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.

External links

(All French language)

• Ailly-sur-Somme and the Paris-Basle train derailment, July 11, 1906