Sailly-le-Sec (French pronunciation: ​[saji lə sɛk]; Picard: Sailly-Sé) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Sailly-le-Sec
Commune
The town hall and school in Sailly-le-Sec
Coat of arms
Location of Sailly-le-Sec
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Coordinates: 49°55′16″N 2°35′01″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Corbie
Intercommunality	Val de Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Catherine Candelier[1]
Area 1	6.74 km2 (2.60 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	350
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80694 /80800
Elevation	27–112 m (89–367 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is situated some 13 miles (21 km) east of Amiens, by the banks of the river Somme, on the D233 road.

Population

History

21 April 1918 - Manfred Von Richthofen, The Red Baron, was finally shot down here.

On the night of August 8–9, 1918, as three Battalions of Doughboys from the 33rd U.S. Infantry Division were joining the Allied offensive during the Battle of Amiens, American war poet Lieut. John Allan Wyeth and Lieut. Thomas J. Cochrane were assigned to deliver sealed orders from Division HQ at Molliens-au-Bois to the Field Headquarters of all three Battalions engaged in the attack. The location of each Battalion was unknown, but they were believed to be along the northern bank of the Somme River, near the village of Sailly-le-Sec. Wyeth would later describe the mission in detail in his six interlinked Chipilly Ridge sonnets.[4]

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

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