- Hailles
French commune| name=Hailles
x = 141
y = 42
region=Picardie
departement=Somme
arrondissement= Amiens
canton=Canton de Boves
insee=80405
cp=80440
maire=M. Jacques Van-Oostende
mandat=2001 -2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes Avre Luce Moreuil
alt moy=35 m
alt mini=32 m
alt maxi=110 m
hectares=507
km²=5,07
sans=332
date-sans=1999
dens=65|Hailles is a commune in the
Somme "département" in thePicardie region ofFrance .Geography
Situated on the banks of the river
Avre and by the D90e road, some 10 miles southeast ofAmiens .History
The name probably comes from ‘haie’ (eng: hedge), and has been variously written as Haies or Heilles.During the
Franco-Prussian War of1870 , somefrancs-tireurs , hidden behind the town fired 60 times on a Prussian officer. All missed, he wasn’t even scratched. The German troops threatened to burn down the town.Population
ee also
Communes of the Somme department External links
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80405&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Hailles on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=31760&req=Hailles Hailles 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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