Éclusier-Vaux (
Picard: ''Éclusier-Veux'') is a
commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Somme department in
Hauts-de-France in northern
France
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.
Geography
Éclusier-Vaux is situated on the banks of the river
Somme and just off the D1 road some east of
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...
.
Population
Notable people
*
Marcelle Semmer (1895–c.1944) who was a decorated French resistance fighter living in Éclusier during World War I. She was awarded the Cross of the
Legion of Honor and the
Croix de Guerre.
[Edwards, George Wharton, ''The Unforgotten Maid of Eclusier''. Travel. United States, Travel Magazine, Incorporated, 1918. p. 35]
See also
*
Communes of the Somme department
References
Communes of Somme (department)
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