Flers, Somme

French commune
nomcommune=Flers
Trenches near Flers, in September 1916.
région=Picardie
département=Somme
arrondissement=Péronne
canton=Combles
insee=80314
cp=80360
maire=Mme Jeannette Busschaert
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=
longitude=2.82222222222
latitude=50.0491666667
alt moy=127 m
alt mini=108 m
alt maxi=151 m
hectares=627
km²=6.27
sans=138
date-sans=1999
dens=22
date-dens=1999

Flers is a French commune near the northern edge of the "département" of Somme and the "région" of Picardie. It lies to the south of the D929 road, between Albert and Bapaume.

History

In 1916, the Battle of Flers-Courcelette saw the first use of the tank (the Mark I) in the field of battle.

Administration

Demography

ee also

* Communes of the Somme département

External links

* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=74575 Flers on the Institut Géographique National (French National Geographic Institute) site] fr icon
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80314&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Flers on the INSEE site.] fr icon
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=31675&req=Flers Flers on the Quid site.] fr icon
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatProximiteCoord.php?RadLat1=0.873522746259721&RadLong1=0.0492570700033787 Communes around Flers]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=800314 Location of Flers and neighboring communes]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=50.0491666666667&longitude=2.82222222222222&zoom=8 Plan of Flers on Mapquest]