Gentelles
{{Infobox French commune
|name = Gentelles
|commune status = Commune
|image = Gentelles.JPG
|caption = The town hall in Gentelles
|arrondissement = Amiens
|canton = Amiens-4
|INSEE = 80376
|postal code = 80800
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = Val de Somme
|coordinates = {{coord|49.8458|2.4578|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 117
|elevation min m = 65
|elevation max m = 118
|area km2 = 5.57
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Gentelles ({{IPA|fr|ʒɑ̃tɛl}}) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is part of the arrondissement of Amiens and the canton of Amiens-4.[https://www.insee.fr/fr/metadonnees/geographie/commune/80376-gentelles Commune de Gentelles], INSEE
Geography
Gentelles is situated on the D168 road, some {{Convert|8|mi|km|0}} southeast of Amiens.
History
The village has been known by various name through its history: Gentilla, Gentella, Gentèle, Gentela, Gentelles, Gentilles, Le Gendalle and finally Gentelles.
It was the first town to be given to the abbey of Corbie by Clovis II and Saint Bathilde.
On November 27, 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War, Gentelles was the scene of a skirmish between the 20th Battalion of Chasseurs and the Germans. There were 25 fatalities, of which 12 were French, who are buried in the cemetery, where later a memorial was erected.
During World War I, the village was at the centre of fighting during the Battle of the Somme and was all but destroyed.
Population
{{Historical populations
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| source = EHESS{{Cassini-Ehess|15322|Gentelles}} and INSEE (1968–2017)[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-80376#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|1793 |440
|1800 |484
|1806 |547
|1821 |596
|1831 |640
|1836 |666
|1841 |686
|1846 |682
|1851 |691
|1856 |685
|1861 |701
|1866 |714
|1872 |660
|1876 |630
|1881 |646
|1886 |592
|1891 |584
|1896 |545
|1901 |502
|1906 |480
|1911 |415
|1921 |233
|1926 |293
|1931 |268
|1936 |288
|1946 |323
|1954 |335
|1962 |329
|1968 |299
|1975 |358
|1982 |359
|1990 |446
|1999 |461
|2007 |465
|2012 |562
|2017 |640
}}
See also
References
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{{Somme communes}}
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Category:Communes of Somme (department)
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