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Somme ( French pronunciation: [sɔm] ⓘ; Picard: Sonme) is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France region. It is bordered by Pas-de-Calais and Nord to the north, Aisne to the east, Oise to the south and Seine-Maritime to the southwest.
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Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France region. It is bordered by Pas-de-Calais and Nord to the north, Aisne to the east, Oise to the south and Seine-Maritime to the southwest. To the northwest, its coastline faces the English Channel and it shares maritime borders with Kent and East Sussex in the ...
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The coastal section of the Somme has two characteristics - the first is the number of popular beaches, resorts along the coast here such as Le Crotoy, Fort-Mahon Plage, Ault, Cayeux-sur-Mer, Mers-les-Bains and Quend-Plage-les-Pins. Most of these resorts have long sandy beaches, and are spread along an extensive coastline 70 kilometres long.
Somme Department. The Somme is a multifaceted gem with an invigorating seaside, as well as a wild, rural side of gardens and forests, and a city side, with Amiens and her elegant Gothic cathedral. There are the floating gardens of les Hortillonnages, nature reserves and, of course, Somme bay, one of the most beautiful bays in the world.
Somme is a department found in the north of France in the Hauts-de-France region. Its prefecture is Amiens. Its population is about 559,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution .
