Thiepval

Thiepval
Commune
The war cemetery in Thiepval
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Coordinates: 50°03′19″N 2°41′23″E / 50.0553°N 2.6897°E / 50.0553; 2.6897Coordinates: 50°03′19″N 2°41′23″E / 50.0553°N 2.6897°E / 50.0553; 2.6897
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Pays du Coquelicot
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Max Potié
Area 1	4.4 km2 (1.7 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[1]	126
• Density	29/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80753 /80300
Elevation	70–154 m (230–505 ft) (avg. 141 m or 463 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Thiepval is located 7 kilometres (4 miles) north of Albert at the crossroads of the D73 and D151 and approximately 32 km (20 mi) northeast of Amiens.

Population[]

First World War[]

British infantry from the Wiltshire Regiment attacking near Thiepval, 7 August 1916, during the Battle of the Somme.

The original village was totally destroyed during the First World War. The present Thiepval occupies a location a short distance to the southwest of the former settlement. The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, a major war memorial to British and Commonwealth men who died in the First World War Battle of the Somme and who have no known grave, is located near the commune.

Memorials[]

Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme

• The First World War Franco-British Memorial and the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme.

This imposing monument of brick and stone stands 45 m high and is visible for several kilometres in every direction. It is the work of the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. The 16 pillars are engraved with the names of 73,367 British and Commonwealth soldiers who fell during the Battle of the Somme between July and November 1916 and who have no known grave.

See also[]

• Battle of Thiepval Ridge (1916)
• Ulster Tower Thiepval
• Schwaben Redoubt

References[]

External links[]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thiepval.

• Prysor, Glyn: Thiepval Memorial , in: 1914-1918-online. International Encyclopedia of the First World War.
• 360° Panoramic view