Somme __NOTOC__
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), ...
Hauts-de-France
Hauts-de-France (; ; ), also referred to in English as 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. ...
in northern
France
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Geography
Bovelles is situated on the D97 road, some west of
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; , or ) is a city and Communes of France, commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme (department), Somme Departments of France, department in the region ...
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Population
History
* 1750 : Construction of the château, the residence of Général de Gribeauval, inventor of a cannon.
* Temporarily
chef-lieu
An administrative centre is a seat of regional administration or local government, or a county town, or the place where the central administration of a commune, is located.
In countries with French as the administrative language, such as Belgiu ...
of the canton during the French Revolution.
* 1870 : Consecration of the new church.
* 1940 : Evacuated during the German occupation
* January 2004 : Bovelles joined the ''
Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole
The Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole is a ''communauté d'agglomération'' in the Somme '' département'' and in the Hauts-de-France '' région'' of France. It was created in December 1999.Communes of the Somme department
The following is a list of the 771 communes of the Somme department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Official website