Somme department

Somme
region	Hauts-de-France
prefecture	Amiens
Sub-prefecture (s)	Abbeville Montdidier Péronne
Residents	572,443 (Jan. 1, 2017)
Population density	93 inhabitants per km²
surface	6,166.17 km²
Arrondissements	4th
Community associations	17th
Cantons	23
Communities	772
President of the Department Council	Laurent Somon
ISO-3166-2 code	FR-80
Location of the Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France

The Somme [ sɔm ] is the French department with the atomic number 80. It is in the north of the country in the region Hauts-de-France and is named after the river Somme named.

geography

The Somme department borders the Pas-de-Calais and Nord departments to the north , the Aisne department to the east, the Oise department to the south and the Seine-Maritime department and the English Channel to the west .

The tallest structure in the department is the Limeux transmitter mast .

history

The department was formed on March 4, 1790 from parts of the province of Picardy .

From 1960 to 2015 it was part of the Picardy region , which in 2016 became part of the Hauts-de-France region.

coat of arms

Description: Square in blue and red with a narrow silver wavy bar supported division, field 1 and 4 with three (2; 1) golden lilies and otherwise with three (2; 1) golden lions .

Cities

The most populous communes in the Somme department are:

city	Population (2017)	Arrondissement
Amiens	134.057	Amiens
Abbeville	22,946	Abbeville
Albert	9,928	Péronne
Péronne	7,579	Péronne
Corbie	6,283	Amiens
Doullens	6.106	Amiens
Montdidier	6,255	Montdidier
Roye	5,786	Montdidier
Longueau	5,621	Amiens

Administrative division

Communes and arrondissements in the Somme department

The Somme department is divided into 4 arrondissements , 23 cantons and 772 communes :

Arrondissement	Cantons	Communities	Residents January 1, 2017	Area km²	Density of population / km²	Code INSEE
Abbeville	6th	164	125.131	1,559.83	80	801
Amiens	13	291	305.112	2,343.09	130	802
Montdidier	3	109	47,670	781.85	61	803
Péronne	4th	208	94,530	1,481.40	64	804
Somme department	23	772	572,443	6,166.17	93	80

See also:

• List of communes in the Somme department
• List of cantons in the Somme department
• List of associations of municipalities in the Somme department

climate

Measuring station: Boulogne, port, 73 meters above sea level (As the Somme department does not have its own measuring station, the data from the neighboring Pas-de-Calais department was given.)

maritime climate data J F. M. A. M. J J A. S. O N D. mean maximum temperature 6th 6th 9 11 15th 17th 19th 19th 18th 15th 10 7th mean low temperature 2 2 3 5 9 11 13 14th 12 10 6th 3 Number of very sunny days 1.5 2 2.5 2.5 2 2 2.5 3 2 3 1.5 1.5 Number of days with an overcast sky 19th 17th 15th 13 13 11 12 11 12 15th 18th 19th Number of rainy days 11 9 9 8th 8th 7th 7th 9 10 10 13 12 Rainfall in mm 55 46 40 38 42 47 45 54 66 66 83 64 Water temperature near the coast 8th 6th 7th 8th 10 13 15th 17th 17th 15th 12 9

(As of 1991) Days per year Rainfalls over 1 mm 115 Frost November 22nd - March 23rd 32 snow 13 thunderstorm 10 hail 4th

Web links

Commons : Somme department  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Somme department (French)
• Prefecture of the Somme department (French)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ somme.fr accessed on April 27, 2015.
2. ↑ Climate data from: Jean-Noël Darde: Plages et côtes de France. Éditions Balland, Paris 1991.

Coordinates: 49 ° 53 '  N , 2 ° 17'  E