Collégiale St Vulfran

Beffroi

Abbeville is a city in the Picardie région, in the north of France. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1632x1224, 901 KB) Abbeville Collégiale St Vulfran Template:CC-SA File links The following pages link to this file: Abbeville ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1632x1224, 901 KB) Abbeville Collégiale St Vulfran Template:CC-SA File links The following pages link to this file: Abbeville ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1224x1632, 772 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Abbeville ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1224x1632, 772 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Abbeville ... Capital Amiens Area 19,399 km² Regional President Claude Gewerc (PS) (since 2004) Population  - 2004 estimate  - 1999 census  - Density (Ranked 12th) 1,875,000 1,857,481 97/km² (2004) Arrondissements 13 Cantons 129 Communes 2,292 Départements Aisne Oise Somme Picardie (English: Picardy) is one of the 26... France is divided into 26 régions: 21 of these are in the continental part of metropolitan France, one is Corse on the island of Corsica (although strictly speaking Corse is in fact a territorial collectivity, not a région, but is referred to as a région in common...

Location

Abbeville is located on the Somme River, 12 m. from its modern mouth in the English Channel, and 28 m. northwest of Amiens. In the medieval period, it was the lowest crossing point on the Somme and it was nearby that Edward III's army crossed shortly before the Battle of Crécy in 1346 Somme river The Somme River (French Rivière Somme) is a river in Picardy, northern France. ... The English Channel, also for some time known as the British Sea (French: La Manche, the sleeve) is the part of the Atlantic Ocean that separates the island of Great Britain from northern France, and joins the North Sea to the Atlantic Ocean. ... The cathedral in Amiens Location within France Amiens is a city and commune in the north of France, 120 km north of Paris. ... Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377) was one of the most successful English kings of medieval times. ... The Battle of Crécy took place on August 26, 1346, near Crécy-en-Ponthieu, in the Somme département of northern France and was one of the defining combats of arms of the Hundred Years War. ... // Events Serbian Empire was proclaimed in Skopje by Dusan Silni, occupying much of the South-Eastern Europe Foundation of the University of Valladolid Foundation of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge August 26 Battle of Crecy after which Edward the Black Prince honored the bravery of John I, Count of Luxemburg...

Administration

Abbeville was the chief town of the former province of Ponthieu. Today, it is one of the three sous-préfectures of the Somme département. The Kingdom of France was organized into provinces until March 4, 1790, when the establishment of the département system superseded provinces. ... Ponthieu is a former province of northern France. ... Subprefecture is an administrative level that is below prefecture or province. ... Somme is a French département, named after the Somme River, located in the north of France. ... The départements (or departments) are administrative units of France, roughly analogous to British counties. ...

Prehistory

The name Abbeville has been adopted to name a category of early stone tools. These stone tools are also known as handaxes. Various handaxes were found near Abbeville by Jacques Boucher de Perthes during the 1830's and he was the first to desribe the stones in detail, pointing out in the first publication of its kind, that the stones were chipped deliberately by early man, so as to form a tool. These earliest stone tools found in Europe were chipped on both sides so as to form a sharp edge, are now known as Abbevillian handaxes or bifaces . The earlier form of stone tools, not found in Europe are known as Oldewan choppers . A more refined and later version of handax production was also found in the Abbeville/Somme River district. The more refined handax became known as the Acheulean industry, named after Saint Achuel, today a suburb of Amiens . A hand axe is a bifacial Paleolithic core tool. ... Jacques Boucher de Crèvecœur de Perthes (10 September 1788 – 5 August 1868), also referred to as Boucher de Perthes, was the customhouse director at Abbeville in Picardy, France from 1825 to 1868. ... Abbevillian is the term given by archaeologists to the earliest stone tool industries of Europe and Africa. ... In archaeology, a biface is a two-sided stone tool, manufactured through a process of lithic reduction, that displays flake scars on both sides. ... Acheulean (also spelled Acheulian) is the name of an industry of stone tools used by prehistoric hominines. ... The cathedral in Amiens Location within France Amiens is a city and commune in the north of France, 120 km north of Paris. ...

History

Abbeville first appears in history during the 9th century. At that time belonging to the abbey of St Riquier, it was afterwards governed by the Counts of Ponthieu. Together with that county, it came into the possession of the Alençon and other French families, and afterwards into that of the house of Castile, from whom by marriage it fell in 1272 to King Edward I of England. French and English were its masters by turns till 1435 when, by the treaty of Arras, it was ceded to the Duke of Burgundy. In 1477 it was annexed by King Louis XI of France, and was held by two illegitimate branches of the royal family in the 16th and 17th centuries, being in 1696 reunited to the crown. This earthenware dish was made in 9th century Iraq. ... An abbey (from the Latin abbatia, which is derived from the Syriac abba, father), is a Christian monastery or convent, under the government of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serve as the spiritual father or mother of the community. ... Ponthieu is a former province of northern France. ... Alençon is a town in Normandy, France, préfecture (capital) of the Orne département. ... A former kingdom of Spain, Castile comprises the two regions of Old Castile in north-western Spain, and New Castile in the centre of the country. ... Events August 6 - Stephen Vs death makes his son, Ladislaus, King of Hungary. ... King Edward I of England (June 17, 1239 – July 7, 1307), popularly known as Longshanks because of his 6 foot 2 inch frame and the Hammer of the Scots (his tombstone, in Latin, read, Hic est Edwardvs Primus Scottorum Malleus, Here lies Edward I, Hammer of the Scots), achieved fame... For other uses, see number 1435. ... There have been several treaties of Arras: the Treaty of Arras (1435) between Charles VII of France and Philip the Good of Burgundy. ... The Duchy of Burgundy, today Bourgogne, has its origin in the small portion of traditional lands of Burgundians west of river Saone which in 843 was allotted to Charles the Balds kingdom of West Franks. ... Events January 5 - Battle of Nancy - Charles the Bold of Burgundy is again defeated, and this time is killed. ... Louis XI the Prudent WAS A FART (French: Louis XI le Prudent) (July 3, 1423 – August 30, 1483), also informally nicknamed luniverselle aragne (old French for universal spider), was a King of France (1461 - 1483). ... The year 1696 had the earliest equinoxes and solstices for 400 years in the Gregorian calendar, because this year is a leap year and the Gregorian calendar would have behaved like the Julian calendar since March 1500 had it have been in use that long. ...

Abbeville was fairly important in the 18th century, when the Van Robais Royal Manufacture (one of the first major factories in France) brought great prosperity (but some class controversy) to the town. Voltaire, among others, wrote about it. He also wrote about a major incident of intolerance in which a young impoverished lord, the Chevalier de la Barre, was executed there for impiety (supposedly because he did not salute a procession for Corpus Christi, though the story is far more complex than that and revolves around a mutilated cross.) (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... The tone of this article is inappropriate for an encyclopedia. ... Jean-François, knight de la Barre (1745 - July 1st, 1766) was a French nobleman, famous for having been tortured and burnt at the stake for not having removed his hat before a France, he is a symbol of Christian religious intolerance, along with Jean Calas and Pierre-Paul Sirven. ... A salute is a gesture or other action used to indicate respect. ... Corpus Christi celebrations in Antigua Guatemala, 14 June, 1979 Corpus Christi (Latin: Body of Christ) in Catholicism is a religious feast celebrated by on the eighth Sunday after Easter, i. ...

Historical population:

1901: 18,519

1906: 18,971

Sights

The city was very picturesque until the early days of World War II, when it was bombed mostly to rubble in one night by the Germans. The town overall is now mostly modern and rebuilt. Several of the town's attractions remain, including: World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe...

• St. Vulfran's church, erected in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. The original design was not completed. The nave has only two bays and the choir is insignificant. The facade is a magnificent specimen of the flamboyant Gothic style, flanked by two Gothic towers.

Wulfram of Sens, Saint Wulfram is also known as Wulfram of Fontenelle. ... (14th century - 15th century - 16th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 15th century was that century which lasted from 1401 to 1500. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Full descriptions of the elements of a Gothic floorplan are found at the entry Cathedral diagram. ... Gothic architecture characterizes any of the styles of European architecture, particularly associated with cathedrals and other churches, in use throughout Europe during the high and late medieval period, from the 12th century onwards. ...

See also

• Abbevillian

Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article:

Abbeville

This article incorporates text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, which is in the public domain. Abbevillian is the term given by archaeologists to the earliest stone tool industries of Europe and Africa. ... File links The following pages link to this file: Abraham Lincoln Aristotle Ayn Rand Adolf Hitler Al Gore A Modest Proposal Articles of Confederation Arthur Schopenhauer Albert Einstein Amhrán na bhFiann Arthur Conan Doyle Ada programming language Antarctic Treaty System Andrew Jackson Andrew Johnson Adam Smith Bill Clinton Bible... Wikisource is a sister project to Wikipedia that aims to create a free wiki library of primary source texts, and translations of source texts in any language. ... Supporters contend that the Eleventh Edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica (1911) represents the sum of human knowledge at the beginning of the 20th century; indeed, it was advertised as such. ... The public domain comprises the body of all creative works and other knowledge—writing, artwork, music, science, inventions, and others—in which no person or organization has any proprietary interest. ...

The following text, from a turn of the century encyclopedia should be updated, wikified and incorporated into the above article: 1913 advertisement for Encyclopædia Britannica. ...

It lies in a pleasant and fertile valley, and is built partly on an island and partly on both sides of the river, which is canalized from this point to the estuary. The streets are narrow, and the houses are mostly picturesque old structures, built of wood, with many quaint gables and dark archways. The most remarkable building is the church of St Vulfran. Abbeville has several other old churches and an Hotel de Ville, with a belfry of the 13th century. Among the numerous old houses, that known as the Maison de Francois I, which is the most remarkable, dates from the 16th century. There is a statue of Admiral Courbet (d. 1885) by Alexandre Falguière in the chief square. The public institutions include tribunals of first instance and of commerce, a board of trade-arbitrators, and a communal college. Abbeville is an important industrial centre; in addition to its old-established manufacture of cloth, hemp-spinning, sugar-making, ship-building and locksmiths' work are carried on; there is active commerce in grain, but the port has little trade. In French, a hôtel de ville or mairie is a town hall (and not a hotel). ... This page is about bell towers. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... Francis I (French: François Ier) (September 12, 1494 – July 31, 1547), called the Father and Restorer of Letters (French: le Père et Restaurateur des Lettres), was crowned King of France in 1515 in the cathedral at Reims and reigned until 1547. ... (15th century - 16th century - 17th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 16th century was that century which lasted from 1501 to 1600. ... 1885 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Falguières Victor of the Cockfight, book engraving c. ... Locksmithing is the science and art of making and defeating locks. ...