Somme (depairtment)
(Reguidit frae Somme)
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Somme | |
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.JPG) Prefectur biggin o the Somme depairtment, in Amiens | |
 Coat airms | |
 Location of Somme in Fraunce | |
| Coordinates: 49°53′N 02°25′E / 49.883°N 2.417°ECoordinates: 49°53′N 02°25′E / 49.883°N 2.417°E | |
| Kintra | Fraunce |
| Region | Picardy |
| Prefectur | Amiens |
| Subprefecturs | Abbeville Montdidier Péronne |
| Govrenment | |
| • Preses o the General Cooncil | Daniel Dubois |
| Area | |
| • Total | 6170 km2 (2,380 sq mi) |
| Population (1999) | |
| • Total | 555,551 |
| • Rank | 46t |
| • Density | 90/km2 (230/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Department nummer | 80 |
| Arrondissements | 4 |
| Cantons | 46 |
| Communes | 783 |
| ^1 French Land Register data, which exclude estuaries, an lochs, ponds, an glaciers lairger nor 1 km2 | |
Somme (French pronunciation: [sɔm]) is a depairtment o Fraunce, locatit in the north o the kintra an named efter the Somme river.