Ailly-sur-Somme (, literally ''Ailly on

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''; Picard: ''Ailly-su-Sonme'') is a commune in the

department in

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

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Geography

The town is 5 miles to the west 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 ...

, in the valley of the

. Served by the N235 national road.

Ailly-sur-Somme station Ailly-sur-Somme is a railway station located in the commune of Ailly-sur-Somme in the Somme department, France. The station is served by TER Hauts-de-France trains (Abbeville - Amiens - Albert line). See also *List of SNCF stations in Hauts-de ...

has rail connections to Amiens and Abbeville.

History

* Around 1850 : Implementation along the Somme, of jute processing factories. * 11 juillet 1906 : Renowned Paris-Basle passenger train accident

Population

Personality

* James Carmichaël, Scottish industrialist, who installed rope-making equipment.