Ailly-sur-Somme

French commune|name=Ailly-sur-Somme


x = 140
y = 42
région=Picardie
département=Somme
arrondissement=Amiens
canton=Picquigny
insee=80011
cp=80470
maire=Francis Fouquet
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes à l'Ouest d'Amiens
longitude=2.19472
latitude=49.9272
alt moy=19 m
alt mini=12
alt maxi=117 m
hectares=1506
km²=15.06
sans=3322
date-sans=1999
dens=220|

Ailly-sur-Somme is a commune of the Somme department in Picardy in northern France.

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

Demography

Personality linked to the commune

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

ee also

Communes of the Somme department

External links

(All French language)
* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=73987 Ailly-sur-Somme on the website of l'Institut géographique national]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80011&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Ailly-sur-Somme on the website of l'Insee]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Ailly-sur-Somme Ailly-sur-Somme on the website of Quid]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=800011 Position of Ailly-sur-Somme on the French map]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=49.9272222222222&longitude=2.19472222222222&zoom=8 Map of Ailly-sur-Somme on Mapquest]
* [http://www.cg80.fr/culture/archive/htm/pc221_new1.asp Ailly-sur-Somme and the Paris-Basle train derailment, July 11, 1906]

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia."