Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Hauts-de-France region. It is bordered by Pas-de-Calais and Nord to the north, Aisne to the east, Oise to the south and Seine-Maritime to the southwest. To the northwest, its coastline faces the English Channel and it shares maritime borders with Kent and East Sussex in the United Kingdom. It had a population of 570,559 in 2019.
Prefecture building of the Somme department, in Amiens
Seal in the bay of Somme
View of Mers-les-Bains
Amiens
The Somme is a river in Picardy, northern France.
The Somme
King Edward III Crossing the Somme (at the Battle of Blanchetaque): painting by Benjamin West, 1788
The source of the Somme, at Fonsommes
The mouth of the Somme in the English Channel