Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville | |
| Canton | Rue | |
| Community association | Ponthieu-Marquenterre | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 5 ′ N , 2 ° 0 ′ E | |
| height | 72-115 m | |
| surface | 10.81 km 2 | |
| Residents | 966 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 89 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80690 | |
| INSEE code | 80009 | |
 Church and mairie-école |
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Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher ( Picard : Ailly-ech-today-clotcher ) is a northern French municipality with 966 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality is located in the Abbeville arrondissement , is the seat of the Communauté de communes Ponthieu-Marquenterre and belongs to the canton of Rue .
geography
The municipality, bounded in the south by the A16 autoroute , is located around 12.5 km east-southeast of Abbeville on the former Route nationale 35 , from which the D32 départemental road branches off to Saint-Riquier and Nouvion . The districts of Famechon and Alliel belong to Ailly.
Toponymy and History
The place name is traced back to a resident in Gallo-Roman times, Alius. Haut-Clocher refers to the tall church tower that was used as a triangulation point for the creation of the Carte de Cassini when Cassini surveyed the land in 1760 .
In 1546 the church was burned down by marauders, 130 people were killed. In the 17th century the place was plundered several times. In 1944 it was bombed; the attack was aimed at a nearby German missile launch pad.
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| 778 | 757 | 778 | 801 | 809 | 831 | 863 | 907 |
Attractions
- Church of the Assumption of the Virgin with the remains of a sundial on the south front, classified as Monument historique in 1910 ( Base Mérimée PA00116037)
- War memorial south of the church
literature
- Ernest Prarond: Histoire d'Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher et des localités voisines . Publisher La Vague verte (Reprint) ISBN 978-2-913924-52-9 .
