Rue, Somme

Rue is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Rue
Commune
Chapelle du Saint-Esprit in Rue
Coat of arms
Location of Rue
Rue
Rue
Coordinates: 50°16′23″N 1°40′07″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentSomme
ArrondissementAbbeville
CantonRue
IntercommunalityCC Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Richard Renard
Area
1
29.06 km2 (11.22 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
3,101
 • Density110/km2 (280/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
80688 /80120
Elevation2–12 m (6.6–39.4 ft)
(avg. 9 m or 30 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Rue is situated some 15 miles (24 km) north of Abbeville, on the junction of the D938, D4 and D85 roads.

Population
Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
2937295231223170294230753211
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Toponymy

The place is first mentioned as Rua in 1042 (diplôme Henrici Regis Gall. Christ, then Rugua in 1090 - 1110, Rue in 1184.[2][3]

Medieval place name meaning "street" in French (French word rue is ultimately from Latin ruga).<ref>Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu en France, Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, 1979, Paris, ISBN 2-85023-076-6, p. 579a.</re

Places of interest
  • The chapel of the Holy Spirit (1440–1514) is one of the finest examples of flamboyant gothic in Picardie.
  • The bell tower.

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. Jacques Garnier, Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Somme, tome 2, Archives départementales de la Somme, p. 242, vue 124/267.
  3. Lire le dictionnaire topographique en ligne sur le site des archives départementales de la Somme.



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