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SOMME

Somme is a department of northern France, in Picardy region, formed of the old province of Picardy and part of Artois.
The Somme is a river in north France rising in Aisne department and flowing west to Amiens, then north-west to the English Channel, a total distance of 240 km. It was the scene of bloody battles in 1916 and 1918 during the Great War.
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