Ailly-sur-Noye

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Coordinates: 49°45′25″N 2°21′51″E / 49.75694, 2.36417

Commune of Ailly-sur-Noye

Location

Administration

Canton of Ailly-sur-Noye
(chef-lieu)

Intercommunality

Communauté de communes du Val de Noye

Mayor

Freddy Verecque
(1995-2008)

Statistics

Elevation

43 m–143 m
(avg. 57 m)

Land area^¹

25,35 km²

Population^²
(1999)

2643

- Density

104/km²

Miscellaneous

INSEE/Postal code

80010/ 80250

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

² Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Ailly-sur-Noye is a commune of the Somme département, in France.

View coming from Amiens

1 Geography
2 History
3 Demography
4 Places and monuments
5 Cultural and sports activities
6 See also
7 External links

[edit] Geography

About 12 miles south of Amiens and about 8 miles from the border with the Oise départment, situated at the junction of the departemental roads D7 and the D26, in the valley of the river Noye.

[edit] History

[edit] Demography

population Evolution
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1931	2008	2134	2596	2647	2643
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places and monuments

The church, built in 1898

Town centre (rue St-Martin)

Town hall

[edit] Cultural and sports activities

Annual Son et Lumière Le Souffle de la terre narrates the story of the people of Picardy from Gaulish times up to the Second World War. More than 450,000 have been to see the spectacle.
Water sports on the lake area.
Moto-cross club on two different courses.
45 separate clubs and societies participate in the life of the community.