Coordinates: 50°03′19″N 2°41′23″E / 50.0552777778, 2.68972222222

Commune of Thiepval
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Boves
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot
Mayor	Geneviève Potie (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	70 m–154 m (avg. 141 m)
Land area¹	4,4 km²
Population² (1999)	98
- Density	22/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80753/ 80300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Thiepval is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Thiepval is located 4.5 miles (7 km) north of Albert at the crossroads of the D73 and D151 and about 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Amiens.

Population

History

The original village was totally destroyed during World War I. The present Thiepval occupies a location a short distance to the southwest of the former settlement.

Places of interest

• The First World War Franco-British Memorial and the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme

The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme

This imposing monument of brick and stone stands 45 m high and is visible for several kilometres in every direction. It is the work of the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens. The sixteen pillars are engraved with the name of 73,367 British and Commonwealth soldiers that fell during the First Battle of the Somme between July and November 1916 and who have no known grave.

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Thiepval

• Communes of the Somme department
• Battle of Thiepval Ridge (1916)
• Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme: a major war memorial to British and South African men who died in the World War I Battle of the Somme and who have no known grave.
• Ulster Tower Thiepval
• Schwaben Redoubt

External links

• Thiepval on the Insee website (French)
• Thiepval on the Quid website (French)
• 360° Panoramic view

Notes

• This article is based on the original and the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 3rd 2008.

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