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Ancient city of NE France at the confluence
of the rivers Somme and Avre; capital of
Somme departement and centre of a
market-gardening region irrigated by canals;
population (1982) 154,500. It has a
magnificent Gothic cathedral with a spire 113
m/370 ft high and gave its name to the
battles of Aug 1918, when Haig launched his
victorious offensive in World War I.