Heilly | |
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 The church in Heilly | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Heilly | |
Heilly Heilly | |
| Coordinates: 49°57′15″N 2°32′16″E / 49.9542°N 2.5378°E / 49.9542; 2.5378 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Amiens |
| Canton | Corbie |
| Intercommunality | Val de Somme |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Hubert Fleury1 |
Area 1 | 9.37 km2 (3.62 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)2 | 438 |
| • Density | 46.7/km2 (121/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80426 /80800 |
| Elevation | 31–107 m (102–351 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Heilly (French pronunciation: [ɛji]; Picard: Heillin) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Heilly is situated on the D52 road, some 12 miles (19 km) northeast of Amiens.
History
During the First World War, being on the railway line Amiens-Albert led to a group of three Casualty Clearing Stations (CCSs) being set up around the railway station in preparation for the Battle of the Somme. The railway line allowed the use of Ambulance Trains to transport the wounded on to large hospitals further from the front lines. Just under 3000 graves are in the military cemetery, Heilly Station Cemetery, primarily of those who died in 1916. The cemetery, along with the sites of two of the original CCSs, are actually in the neighbouring commune of Méricourt-l'Abbé.3
Population
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References
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- "Heilly Station Cemetery, Mericourt-L'abbe". Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
- Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Heilly, EHESS (in French).
- Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE