Rue, Somme

Rue (French pronunciation: [ʁy] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Rue
Commune
Chapelle du Saint-Esprit in Rue
Coat of arms
Location of Rue
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Coordinates: 50°16′23″N 1°40′07″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Rue
Intercommunality	CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jacky Thueux[1]
Area 1	29.06 km2 (11.22 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	3,050
• Density	100/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80688 /80120
Elevation	2–12 m (6.6–39.4 ft) (avg. 9 m or 30 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Rue is situated some 15 miles (24 km) north of Abbeville, on the junction of the D938, D4 and D85 roads. Rue station has rail connections to Amiens, Calais and Paris.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	2,952	—
1975	3,122	+0.80%
1982	3,170	+0.22%
1990	2,942	−0.93%
1999	3,075	+0.49%
2007	3,102	+0.11%
2012	3,121	+0.12%
2017	3,101	−0.13%
Source: INSEE[3]

Toponymy

The place is first mentioned as Rua in 1042 (diplôme Henrici Regis Gall. Christ, then Rugua in 1090 - 1110, Rue in 1184.^[4][5]

Medieval place name meaning "street" in French (French word rue is ultimately from Latin ruga).^[6]

Places of interest

• The chapel of the Holy Spirit (1440–1514) is one of the finest examples of flamboyant gothic in Picardie.
• The bell tower, which in 2005 was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List along with other belfries of Belgium and France because of their architecture and testimony to the rise of municipal power in the region.^[7]

See also

• Communes of the Somme department
• Le Chateau du Broutel