Péronne, Somme

Péronne is a commune in the Hauts-de-France region in the Somme department in the north of France.

Péronne
Town centre
Coat of arms
Location of Péronne
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Coordinates: 49°33′21″N 2°33′41″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Area 1	14.16 km2 (5.47 sq mi)
Population  (2012)	7,737
• Density	550/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80620 /80200
Elevation	47–117 m (154–384 ft) (avg. 54 m or 177 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

It is close to where the Battles of the Somme took place during World War I.

The Museum of the Great War (known in French as the Historial de la Grande Guerre) is located in the château.^[1]