Heilly

Heilly is a common French, located in the department of the Somme and the area Picardy.

It counts approximately 400 inhabitants. Its inhabitants is called Hautefeuillois.

Geography

History

On the territory of the commune, a medieval castle in ruin passes according to the local tradition to have been the castle of Ganelon, where it would have been put at died following the legendary treason which would have caused the death of Roland.

During the First World War, its position on the railway line Amiens - Albert was worth the sad honor to him to receive the bodies of hundreds of victims of the Bataille of the Sum. The military cemetery which counts even more than 3000 proclamation tombs the memory.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Personalities related to the commune

See too

External bonds

  • Heilly on the site of the national geographical Institute
  • Heilly on the site of INSEE
  • Heilly on the site of Quid
  • Localization of Heilly on a chart of France and communes bordering
  • Plane on Heilly on Mapquest

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