- Huppy
French commune| name= Huppy
x = 131
y = 38
region=Picardie
departement=Somme
arrondissement= Abbeville
canton=Hallencourt
insee=80446
cp=80140
maire=Jean-Marie Lepage
mandat=2001 -2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes de la Région d'Hallencourt
alt moy=98 m
alt mini=60 m
alt maxi=113 m
hectares=1081
km²=10,81
sans=694
date-sans=1999
dens=64|Huppy is a commune in the
Somme "département" in thePicardie region ofFrance .Geography
Situated at the junction of the D25 and D13 roads, some 7 miles south-southwest of
Abbeville .The A28 autoroute is less than 1 mile away.Àt 100 metres altitude on the limestone plateau of the old region of the Vimeu. The land is fertile and well-watered. Electricity generating turbines now stand in the fields where once wind-mills stood.Places of interest
* The ChâteauIn
1940 , duringWorld War II , the château of Huppy became the headquarters ofGeneral De Gaulle , commanding officer (as acolonel ) of the 4th Division de Cuirassé, during the battle of Abbeville (28th – 31st May).
A bust in memorial to the General is placed in the village square.
A commemorative monument about the battle has been built at the western entrance to the village.Population
ee also
Communes of the Somme department External links
* [http://www.huppy.net Official Huppy website] fr
* [http://pagesperso-orange.fr/ccrh/index2.htm The communes of Hallencourt] fr
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80446&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Huppy on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Huppy Huppy on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on February 20th 2008."
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