What is Ault, Somme?
{{Infobox French commune |name = Ault |image coat of arms = Blason ault.svg |arrondissement = Abbeville |canton = [[Canton of Ault|Ault]] |INSEE = 80039 |postal code = 80460 |mayor = Marthe Sueur |term = 2008&ndash;2014 |intercommunality = [[Communauté de communes Interrégionale du Gros Jacques]] |coordinates = {{coord|50.1019|1.4494|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |elevation m = 86 |elevation min m = 0 |elevation max m = 107 |area km2 = 5.99 |population = 1941 |population date = 2006 }} [[File:Ault, Bois de Cise, 2001-JS00498.jpg|thumb|Chalk cliffs near Ault]] '''Ault''' is a [[Communes of France|commune]]. It is in the [[Hauts-de-France]] [[Regions of France|region]] in the [[Somme]] [[Departments of France|department]] in the north of [[France]]. Ault is on the [[English Channel]], {{Convert|20|mi|km|0}} west of [[Abbeville]]. It has chalk cliffs and a beach of pebbles and sand at low tide. South of the town is a large wooded valley, the ‘Bois de Cise. North of the town the cliffs become smaller, to the level of the beach at Onival. The area around the town, the 'hâble d’Ault' was mostly tidal [[marshland]]. This has been reclaimed from the sea and is used for farming cattle and sheep. ==Railways== Ault had a station on the [[standard gauge]] [[Woincourt]] to Onival line. The line closed to passengers in May 1939, but was used during [[World War II]] to move materials for the [[Atlantic Wall]]. During the war, a [[metre gauge]] line was built at the side of the road from [[Lanchères]], on the [[Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme|CFBS]], to Ault. This line was removed after the war.<ref name=Book>{{cite book | first = Philip| last = Pacey| year = 2000| title = Railways of the Baie de Somme| pages = 87| publisher = The Oakwood Press (Usk)| isbn=0-85361-554-3}}</ref> ==Places of interest== * The [[15th century]] church of Saint-Pierre, *