Tailly, Somme

Tailly
Tailly
Location within Picardy region Tailly
Coordinates: 49°55′53″N 1°56′52″E / 49.9314°N 1.9478°E / 49.9314; 1.9478Coordinates: 49°55′53″N 1°56′52″E / 49.9314°N 1.9478°E / 49.9314; 1.9478
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Molliens-Dreuil
Intercommunality	Sud-Ouest Amiénois
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	M. Hubert Leclerc De Hautecloque
Area¹	4.05 km² (1.56 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	64
• Density	16/km² (41/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80744 / 80270
Elevation	32–87 m (105–285 ft) (avg. 47 m or 154 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Tailly is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

Tailly is situated 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Abbeville, on the D901 road

Population

Historical population of Tailly, Somme
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	62	73	60	51	72	64	64
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The eighteenth-century château and park. Family home of Marshal Leclerc de Hauteclocque. Exhibition of the story of the liberation of France in 1944.

Personalities

Genéral Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque, Marshal of France.

References

INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tailly (Somme).

Tailly on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Somme department

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