Somme region

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historical region

The Somme region is an area in northern France historically significant as the site of major World War I battles, particularly the Battle of the Somme.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Somme sector	6
Somme region canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ
contains	Somme department NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCanal	Canal de la Somme NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsCemetery	Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries ⓘ
containsCity	Albert NERFINISHED ⓘ Amiens NERFINISHED ⓘ Péronne NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsMemorial	Australian National Memorial, Villers-Bretonneux NERFINISHED ⓘ Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial NERFINISHED ⓘ South African National Memorial, Delville Wood NERFINISHED ⓘ Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsRiver	Somme River NERFINISHED ⓘ
containsTown	Bapaume NERFINISHED ⓘ Beaumont-Hamel NERFINISHED ⓘ Fricourt NERFINISHED ⓘ La Boisselle NERFINISHED ⓘ Thiepval NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
frontLineAreaDuring	World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClimate	oceanic climate ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	agriculture ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasLandscapeType	river valleys ⓘ rural countryside ⓘ
historicalEventCategory	World War I Western Front operations NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalSignificance	heavy casualties in World War I ⓘ symbol of trench warfare ⓘ
knownFor	Battle of the Somme NERFINISHED ⓘ World War I battlefields NERFINISHED ⓘ memorials ⓘ military cemeteries ⓘ
language	French ⓘ
locatedIn	northern France NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	Western Front of World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorBattleOccurredIn	Battle of Albert (1916) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Ancre NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of the Somme NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter	Somme River NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestMajorCity	Lille NERFINISHED ⓘ Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Hauts-de-France region NERFINISHED ⓘ Western European Plain NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOfHistoricalRegion	Picardy NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorBattles	1916 ⓘ
tourismType	battlefield tourism ⓘ memorial tourism ⓘ
usedAs	training and staging area for Allied troops in World War I ⓘ