Beaumont-Hamel
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Péronne | |
| Canton | Albert | |
| Community association | Pays du Coquelicot | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 5 ' N , 2 ° 39' E | |
| height | 70-148 m | |
| surface | 8.76 km 2 | |
| Residents | 215 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 25 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80300 | |
| INSEE code | 80069 | |
| Website | www.paysducoquelicot.com | |
Beaumont-Hamel ( Picard : Bieumont-Hamé) is a northern French municipality with 215 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality belongs to the canton of Albert and is part of the Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot .
geography
The community lies on the right bank of the river Ancre , where the hamlets of Hamel (in the south) and La Gare de Beaumont-Hamel are located. The D50 département road and the Paris – Lille railway line run along the Ancre . The former train station no longer exists. The Beaumont district lies in a side valley. The municipal area extends in the north to the D919 département road. There are numerous military cemeteries and several memorials to the fighting in the Battle of the Somme in the municipality .
history
The community was on the front line several times during the First World War . In July 1916 it formed a cornerstone of the German lines during the Battle of the Somme .
Western Front 1915/16
British battle plan for the Battle of the Somme
Map of the battlefield
Course of the Battle of the Somme
British troops undermined the German position on the British side so named Hawthorn Ridge; The demolition produced a large mine crater (on the municipal boundary of Auchonvillers ). At the end of the war, almost nothing of the parish was upright. The municipality was in the rouge zone and reconstruction took a long time. The community received the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 as an award .
On June 25, 1921, the last four cars of an express train derailed at Beaumont-Hamel , which was on the Paris – Lille line from Lille to Paris , and fell off an embankment. 25 people died and 60 were also injured.
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 |
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| 273 | 262 | 215 | 221 | 214 | 218 | 179 | 188 |
administration
Mayor (maire) has been Gérard Magniez since 2008.
Attractions
- Beaumont-Hamel Newfoundland Memorial with the Newfoundland Memorial Park and three war cemeteries and the statue of the Scottish 51st (Highland) Division
- Two war memorials by Charles Gern
- Cimétière national of Serre-Hébuterne is still on the territory of the commune; Two large British war cemeteries are nearby, both partly in the municipality
- Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary (Notre-Dame de l'Assomption) in Beaumont
- Notre-Dame de la Nativité church in Hamel
Personalities
- Hector Hugh Munro , pseudonym Saki, British writer (1870–1916), killed by a German sniper in Beaumont-Hamel.
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