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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher (Picard: Ailly-echl-heut-clotcher) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher | |
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![]() The main square | |
Coordinates: 50°04′43″N 1°59′46″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Somme |
Arrondissement | Abbeville |
Canton | Rue |
Intercommunality | Ponthieu-Marquenterre |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Antoine Berthe[1] |
Area 1 | 10.81 km2 (4.17 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,016 |
• Density | 94/km2 (240/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 80009 /80690 |
Elevation | 72–115 m (236–377 ft) (avg. 107 m or 351 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
The commune liest about 25 km (16 mi) southwest of Abbeville, at the junction of the national road N1 and the departmental road D32. Part of the old region of Ponthieu, the town is situated on a large plateau. Only the slightest undulation of the land is noticeable. 3 neighbourhoods can be distinguished: Ailly (the "centre") and the former hamlets of Famechon and Alliel.
The place name Ailly comes from the name "Alius", a Gallo-Roman, whose farm was located at the site of the present cemetery, on the national road. Aerial photography can pick out the farm boundaries. “Haut-Clocher” refers to the “high steeple”, because of the arrow-shaped characteristic of the church spire, that was used as an observation and triangulation point by the cartographers in charge of creating the Cassini maps of France in 1760.
The town has a primary school, a high school and is equipped with several athletic facilities. Because this rural town is located on the roads serving Abbeville and Amiens, many locals work outside their community. In the 1930s, a factory making buttons of mother-of-pearl employed many Alliciens. Nowadays, economical life is reduced to two endive producers, mixed farming and a few craftsmen.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 757 | — |
1975 | 778 | +0.39% |
1982 | 801 | +0.42% |
1990 | 809 | +0.12% |
1999 | 831 | +0.30% |
2007 | 862 | +0.46% |
2012 | 921 | +1.33% |
2017 | 966 | +0.96% |
Source: INSEE[5] |
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