Rue () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography Rue is situated some north of Abbeville, on the junction of the D938, D4 and D85 roads.
Transports
Rue has a railway station on the Paris-Boulogne line. Rue station has rail connections to Amiens, Calais and Paris.
Population
Toponymy The place is first mentioned as Rua in 1042 (diplôme Henrici Regis Gall. Christ, then Rugua in 1090 - 1110, Rue in 1184.Jacques Garnier, Dictionnaire topographique du département de la Somme, tome 2, Archives départementales de la Somme, , vue 124/267.Lire le dictionnaire topographique en ligne sur le site des archives départementales de la Somme.
Medieval place name meaning "street" in French (French word rue is ultimately from Latin ruga).Dictionnaire étymologique des noms de lieu en France, Albert Dauzat and Charles Rostaing, 1979, Paris, , p. 579a.
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.
See also Communes of the Somme department Le Chateau du Broutel
References
External links
Official website of the commune