Somme (department)

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Somme is a department in northern France, named after the Somme River and historically known as a major World War I battlefield region.

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Label Occurrences
Somme department 49
Somme (department) canonical 1
Somme department, France 1

Statements (79)

Predicate Object
instanceOf department of France
administrativeDivisionOf Hauts-de-France
surface form: Hauts-de-France region
borders Aisne
English Channel
Nord department
surface form: Nord (department)

Oise River
surface form: Oise

Pas-de-Calais
Seine-Maritime
capital Amiens
containsCity Abbeville
Amiens
containsMemorial Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial
French National Cemetery of Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (Somme sector)
Lochnagar Crater
Delville Wood
surface form: South African National Memorial, Delville Wood

Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme
Ulster Tower
containsNaturalFeature Baie de Somme
Canal de la Somme
Marquenterre
Picardy plateau
Somme River
surface form: Somme (river)
containsTown Ailly-sur-Somme
Albert
Cayeux-sur-Mer
Corbie
Doullens
Flixecourt
Friville-Escarbotin
Gamaches
Ham
Le Crotoy
Longpré-les-Corps-Saints
Longueau
Montdidier
Moreuil
Poix-de-Picardie
Poulainville
Péronne
Roye
Rue
Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
containsUNESCOSite Amiens Cathedral
country France
createdDuring French Revolution
creationYear 1790
departmentNumber 80
governedBy Departmental Council of Somme
hasCoastlineOn English Channel
hasINSEECode 80
hasVehicleRegistrationCode 80
historicalEventSite Battle of the Somme
surface form: 1916 Somme offensive

Battle of Albert (1916)
Battle of Courcelette
surface form: Battle of Flers–Courcelette

Battle of Pozières
Battle of Thiepval Ridge
Battle of Ancre (1916)
surface form: Battle of the Ancre

Battle of the Somme
Western Front
surface form: World War I Western Front
historicalRegion Picardy
knownFor Amiens Cathedral
Baie de Somme wetlands
World War I battlefields
war cemeteries and memorials
language French
locatedIn northern France
northern part of France’s Atlantic plain
locatedInFormerRegion Picardy
locatedInRegion Hauts-de-France
namedAfter Somme River
surface form: Somme (river)
partOf French Republic
prefecture Amiens
seatOfDepartmentalCouncil Amiens
subprefecture Abbeville
Montdidier
Péronne
timeZone Central European Time
timeZoneDST Central European Summer Time

Referenced by (51)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Nord department borders Somme (department)
subject surface form: Nord (department)
Amiens, France locatedIn Somme (department)
subject surface form: Amiens
this entity surface form: Somme department
Amiens, France isCapitalOf Somme (department)
subject surface form: Amiens
this entity surface form: Somme department
Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, France locatedIn Somme (department)
subject surface form: Belloy-Saint-Léonard
this entity surface form: Somme department
Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, France locatedIn Somme (department)
subject surface form: Belloy-Saint-Léonard
this entity surface form: Somme department, France
Belloy-Saint-Léonard, Somme, France countrySubdivision Somme (department)
subject surface form: Belloy-Saint-Léonard
this entity surface form: Somme department
Val-d'Oise department borders Somme (department)
subject surface form: Val-d'Oise
this entity surface form: Somme department
Cantigny, France locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Somme River flowsThrough Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Templeux-le-Guérard British Cemetery locatedInRegion Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Amiens locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Amiens capitalOf Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Somme 1916 location Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
arrondissement of Cambrai borderedBy Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
river Selle flowsThrough Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Thérain flowsThrough Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Fricourt German war cemetery locatedInAdministrativeEntity Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Richthofen memorial at Vaux-sur-Somme locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Bazentin, Picardy, France locatedIn Somme (department)
subject surface form: Bazentin
this entity surface form: Somme department
Amiens Cathedral UNESCO World Heritage Site locatedIn Somme (department)
subject surface form: Amiens Cathedral
this entity surface form: Somme department
Saint-Leu district locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
hortillonnages of Amiens locatedIn Somme (department)
subject surface form: Hortillonnages of Amiens
this entity surface form: Somme department
Maison de Jules Verne locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Tour Perret locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Musée de Picardie locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Stade de la Licorne locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Amiens–Glisy Aerodrome locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
belfry of Amiens locatedIn Somme (department)
subject surface form: Belfry of Amiens
this entity surface form: Somme department
Opal Coast partOf Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Cross of Sacrifice at Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Abbeville locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Albert locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Ham locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Ham countrySubdivision Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Circuit of Remembrance locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Lochnagar Crater locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Historial de la Grande Guerre locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Thiepval, Somme, France locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Thiepval Anglo-French Cemetery locatedInRegion Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Somme battlefields memorials locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
arrondissement of Péronne partOf Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
arrondissement of Péronne administrativeDivisionOf Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
canton of Ham locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Péronne locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Albert, Somme locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Canton of Moreuil locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Seine–Nord Europe Canal passesThrough Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Albert, France locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department
Doullens locatedIn Somme (department)
this entity surface form: Somme department