Rue, Somme
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Rue (Script error: No such module "IPA".) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Rue is situated some Template:Convert north of Abbeville, on the junction of the D938, D4 and D85 roads. Rue station has rail connections to Amiens, Calais and Paris.
Population
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Toponymy
The place is first mentioned as Rua in 1042 (diplôme Henrici Regis Gall. Christ, then Rugua in 1090 - 1110, Rue in 1184.[1][2]
Medieval place name meaning "street" in French (French word rue is ultimately from Latin ruga).[3]
Places of interest
- The chapel of the Holy Spirit (1440–1514) is one of the finest examples of flamboyant gothic in Picardie.
- The bell tower, which in 2005 was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with other belfries of Belgium and France because of their architecture and testimony to the rise of municipal power in the region.[4]
See also
References
External links
- ↑ Jacques Garnier, Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Somme, tome 2, Archives départementales de la Somme, Template:P., vue 124/267.
- ↑ Lire le dictionnaire topographique en ligne sur le site des archives départementales de la Somme.
- ↑ Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu en France, Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, 1979, Paris, Template:ISBN, p. 579a.
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