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
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlan ...
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Geography
Hallencourt is situated at the junction of the D21, D53 and D173 roads, some south of
Abbeville
Abbeville (; ; ) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France.
It is the of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of Ponthieu.
Geography
Location
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The commune comprises the two villages of Hallencourt and Hocquincourt.
Population
Places of interest
* The war memorial
* The Château de Beauvoir at Hocquincourt (now a private hotel)
Personalities
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Roman Opałka
Roman Opałka (Polish: ; 27 August 1931 – 6 August 2011) was a French-born Polish painter, whose works are mostly associated with conceptual art.
Opałka was born on 27 August 1939 in Abbeville-Saint-Lucien, France, to Polish parents. The ...
, French artist of Polish ancestry, was born in Hocquincourt in 1931.
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Édouard Louis
Édouard Louis (born Eddy Bellegueule; 30 October 1992) is a French writer and sociologist.
Biography
Édouard Louis, born Eddy Bellegueule was born and raised in the town of Hallencourt in northern France, which is the setting of his firs ...
, French writer, is from Hallencourt. He wrote his debut autobiographical novel ''En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule'' (2014, translated into English as ''The End of Eddy'') about growing up there.