What is Abbeville?
{{about|the city in France}} {{Infobox French commune |name = Abbeville |image = Place-Max-Lejeune-a-Abbeville-DSC_0083.jpg |caption = Max Lejeune square |image coat of arms = Blason_ville_fr_Abbeville_(Somme).svg |arrondissement = Abbeville |canton = Abbeville |INSEE = 80001 |postal code = 80100 |mayor = Nicolas Dumont |term = 2008&ndash;2014 |intercommunality = |coordinates = {{coord|50.1058|01.8358|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 8 |elevation min m = 2 |elevation max m = 76 |area km2 = 26.42 |population = 24829 |population date = 2006 }} '''Abbeville''' {{IPA-fr|ab.vil}} is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Somme]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Hauts-de-France]] in northern [[France]]. ==Location== Abbeville is on the [[Somme River]], {{convert|20|km|0|abbr=on}} from its modern mouth in the [[English Channel]]. Most of the town is on the east bank of the Somme, as well as on an [[:wikt:island|island]].<ref name=Colliers>{{cite encyclopedia|last1=Van Valkenburg|first1=Samuel|editor-first=Bernard|editor-last=Johnston|encyclopedia=Collier's Encyclopedia |title=Abbeville|edition=First |year=1997|publisher=P.F. Collier|volume=I A to Ameland|location=New York, NY|pages=8}}</ref> It is at the start of the Abbeville [[Canal]], and is {{convert|45|km|0|abbr=on}} [[:wikt:northwest|northwest]] of [[Amiens]]. In the [[Middle Ages|medieval period]], it was the lowest crossing point on the Somme. [[Edward III of England|Edward III's]] army crossed nearby shortly before the [[Battle of Crécy]] in 1346. ==Administration== Abbeville was the capital of the former [[:wikt:province|province]] of France of [[Ponthieu]]. Today, it is one of the three [[:en:wikt:subprefecture|subprefecture]]s of the [[Somme]] [[Departments of France|department]]. [[File:Saint Vulfran.jpg|thumb|left|St. Vulf