Noye
The Noye (; pcd, Noée) is a river in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
The Noye is located in the northern part of the Picard plateau. It is the left tributary of the Avre river, which is itself a left tributary of the Somme. Th ...
''; pcd, Ailly-su-Noée) 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
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Somme or The Somme may refer to: Places
*Somme (department), a department of France
*Somme, Queensland, Australia
*Canal de la Somme, a canal in France
*Somme (river), a river in France
Arts, entertainment, and media
* ''Somme'' (book), a ...
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. The ...
in northern
France
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.
Geography
The commune lies about south of Amiens and about from the border with the
Oise
Oise ( ; ; pcd, Oése) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,41 ...
départment, situated at the junction of the departmental roads D7 and the D26, in the valley of the river
Noye
The Noye (; pcd, Noée) is a river in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
The Noye is located in the northern part of the Picard plateau. It is the left tributary of the Avre river, which is itself a left tributary of the Somme. Th ...
.
Ailly-sur-Noye station
Ailly-sur-Noye is a railway station located in the course of Ailly-sur-Noye in the Somme department, France. The station is served by TER Hauts-de-France trains from Paris-Nord to Amiens.
The station dates from 1846 when the Paris-Amiens section ...
has rail connections to Amiens and Creil.
Population
Places and monuments
Image:Ailly-sur-Noye église.jpg, The church, built in 1898
Image:Ailly-sur-Noye église et rue principale.jpg, Town centre (rue St-Martin)
Image:Ailly-sur-Noye hôtel-de-ville.jpg, Town hall
Cultural and sports activities
* Annual Son et Lumière ''Le Souffle de la terre'' narrates the story of the people of Picardy from Gaulish times up to the
Second World War
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. More than 450,000 have been to see the spectacle.
* Water sports on the lake area.
*
Motocross
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History
Motocross first evolved in Britain from motorcycle trials competiti ...
club on two different courses.
* 45 separate clubs and societies participate in the life of the community.