Combles
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Combles
|commune status = Commune
|image = Combles mairie 1.jpg
|caption = The town hall in Combles
|image coat of arms = Blason Combles.svg
|arrondissement = Péronne
|canton = Péronne
|INSEE = 80204
|postal code = 80360
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Haute Somme
|coordinates = {{coord|50.01|2.8661|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 30
|elevation min m = 83
|elevation max m = 153
|area km2 = 9.87
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Combles ({{IPA|fr|kɔ̃bl|-|LL-Q150 (fra)-Taousert-combles.wav}}; Picard: Conme) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The city is part of the First World War remembrance circuit.
Geography
Combles is situated on the D20 road, some {{Convert|50|km|0|abbr=on}} north-east of Amiens.
History
File:Daily Mail Postcard - The main street of Combles.jpg
File:Kriegerdenkmal Söldenau 04.jpg, Germany); among the dead is Georg Reiter, killed at Combles on 30 April 1916]]
Combles was the operations centre for the battle of Bapaume during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–71.
Combles was again at the centre of much fighting during World War I (1914–1918), with many of its buildings damaged and many of its residents injured or killed, not to mention the numerous casualties among the forces in combat there. Many British soldiers who fell in the war are buried in the local cemetery, and there are numerous war cemeteries in the immediate surrounding area.
It has, however, been substantially developed since the war's end.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-80204#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |691
|1975 |661
|1982 |648
|1990 |617
|1999 |676
|2007 |707
|2012 |795
|2017 |765
}}
See also
References
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External links
{{commons category}}
- [https://archive.today/20070709052823/http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=31570&req=Combles Combles on the Quid website] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Somme communes}}
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Category:Communes of Somme (department)
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