where excatly is the somme in Belgium?

Answer 1

when you are talking about the battlefield of the Somme ? Sorry wrong country that's France

Answer 2

Somme is a French department, named after the Somme River, located in the north of France. It is part of the region of Picardie.

On July 1st 1916 at 0730, the British Army attacked the German entrenched positions in the Department of the Somme – France, This was a line some 18 miles long.

Answer 3

The Somme is a river which runs through Belgium

Ex. The Battle of the Somme inn WWI wasfought near the river Somme

Answer 4

Somme-Leuze
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Map of Namur province, showing Dinant arrondissement (in dark grey) and Somme-Leuze municipality (in red)

Somme-Leuze is a municipality and village in the Belgian province of Namur.

On 1 January 2006 the municipality had 4,656 inhabitants. The total area is 95.09 km², giving a population density of 49 inhabitants per km².


The above location as copied and pasted from the Wikipedia Encyclopedia with links to this page in source area. There is a map on this link as referred to below and will be seen when checking the attached links.

And, there is a Somme at Picardy, France.....check these links for that location and history........
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Somme_(1916)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Cheshire_Regiment_trench_Somme_1916.jpg

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somme
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somme_River

Here's where all the links came from....check it for more specific information.....

http://search.yahoo.com/search?ei=utf-8&fr=slv8-msgr&p=SOMME%20%20BELGIUM



Thanks for having this section.......you definitely learn a lot while researching these answers.

Answer 5

The Somme isn't in Belgium. It is in France, in the northernmost department, Picardie. It flows through the city of Amiens.

Answer 6

It may be a town but: A much, much higher likelyhood is that it is a river and that you could check googleearth and find your answer directly without taking mine...