Ailly-sur-Somme

Ailly-sur-Somme
Commune
The railway station in Ailly
Coat of arms
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Coordinates: 49°55′38″N 2°11′41″E / 49.9272°N 2.1947°E / 49.9272; 2.1947Coordinates: 49°55′38″N 2°11′41″E / 49.9272°N 2.1947°E / 49.9272; 2.1947
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Ailly-sur-Somme
Intercommunality	Nièvre et Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Catherine Bénédini[1]
Area 1	15.06 km2 (5.81 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	2,985
• Density	200/km2 (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 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Ailly-sur-Somme (French pronunciation: ​[aji syʁ sɔm], literally Ailly on Somme) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography[]

The town is 5 miles to the west of Amiens, in the valley of the Somme. 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[]

Personality[]

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

See also[]

• Communes of the Somme department

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ailly-sur-Somme.

(All French language)

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