Péronne, Somme
Subprefecture and commune in Hauts-de-France, France / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Péronne (French pronunciation: [peʁɔn]) is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is the former site of the Péronne monastery, founded by the Anglo-Saxon Eorcenwald. Its site became the resting place for St. Fursa, celebrated by the famous English historian Bede.[3] The monastery was popular with Irish monks, among them Cellanus, whose letters to Aldhelm the Bishop of Sherborne survive. So renowned was Péronne for Irish monks that the monastery became known as Perrona Scottorum . The monastery was destroyed in a Viking raid in 880. It is close to where the 1916, first 1918 and second 1918 Battles of the Somme took place during the First World War. The Museum of the Great War (known in French as the Historial de la Grande Guerre) is located in the château.
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Péronne | |
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Subprefecture and commune | |
Motto(s): Urbs nescia vinci The town that ignores defeat | |
Coordinates: 49°55′45″N 2°56′06″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Somme |
Arrondissement | Péronne |
Canton | Péronne |
Intercommunality | Haute Somme |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Gautier Maes[1] |
Area 1 | 14.16 km2 (5.47 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 7,291 |
• Density | 510/km2 (1,300/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 80620 /80200 |
Elevation | 47–117 m (154–384 ft) (avg. 54 m or 177 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |