Guillemont

Guillemont ( Picard: Djilmont ) is a commune of 137 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Somme in the Picardie region of northern France. The municipality belongs to the canton Combles and is part of the Communauté de communes du canton de Combles.

Geography

The municipality is located in Santerre about three kilometers west of Combles on the road D64 Department at the Circuit du Souvenir, which commemorates the Battle of the Somme in 1916.

History

The struggles for Guillemont in World War are described in the book Storm of Steel by Ernst Jünger.

The municipality received the Croix de guerre as a distinction from 1914 to 1918.

Population

Management

Mayor ( maire ) since 2001 Didier Samain.

Attractions

  • Monument for the 16th Irish Division at the exit direction Combles in the form of a Celtic cross with a shamrock and a Gaelic dedication.
  • Monument for the 20th British Division (20th Light Division ).
  • Monument to the glorious soldiers of the 265th Infantry Regiment of the fallen in the summer of 1914, French soldiers.
  • Guillemont Road Cemetery between Montauban- de -Picardie and Guillemont, burial place predominantly for British soldiers erected after the battle of Guillemont (1916). Here are buried the son of British Prime Minister Herbert Asquith and the poet Edward Wyndham Tennant.
Picardy Arrondissement Cantons of France Canton of Combles Postal codes in France Santerre (region) Montauban-de-Picardie Ablaincourt-Pressoir Aizecourt-le-Bas Aizecourt-le-Haut Albert (Somme) Allaines Assevillers Athies (Somme) Auchonvillers Authuille Aveluy Barleux Bazentin Beaumont-Hamel Belloy-en-Santerre Bernes Berny-en-Santerre Biaches Bouvincourt-en-Vermandois Bouzincourt Bray-sur-Somme Brie (Somme) Brouchy Buire-Courcelles Bussu, Somme Buverchy Cappy (Somme) Carnoy Cartigny (Somme) Cerisy Chaulnes Chipilly Chuignes Chuignolles Cizancourt Contalmaison Croix-Moligneaux Curlu Dernancourt Devise (Somme) Doingt Dompierre-Becquincourt Douilly Driencourt Ennemain Eppeville Esmery-Hallon Falvy Fay (Somme) Fins, Somme Flaucourt Flers (Somme) Foucaucourt-en-Santerre Fresnes-Mazancourt Fricourt Frise (Somme) Ginchy Grandcourt (Somme) Gueudecourt Guyencourt-Saulcourt Ham (Somme) Hancourt Hardecourt-aux-Bois Hem-Monacu Herleville Hervilly Heudicourt (Somme) Hombleux Hyencourt-le-Grand Irles Languevoisin-Quiquery Licourt Lihons Longavesnes Longueval Mametz (Somme) Maricourt Marquaix Matigny Maurepas (Somme) Mesnil-Bruntel Mesnil-en-Arrouaise Mesnil-Martinsart Mesnil-Saint-Nicaise Miraumont Misery (Somme) Moislains Monchy-Lagache Morchain Morcourt (Somme) Morlancourt Muille-Villette Nesle Nurlu Offoy (Somme) Pargny Pertain Potte Proyart Puzeaux Pys Rancourt (Somme) Roisel Ronssoy Rouy-le-Grand Rouy-le-Petit Sailly-Laurette Sailly-le-Sec Sailly-Saillisel Saint-Christ-Briost Sancourt (Somme) Sorel, Somme Suzanne (Somme) Templeux-la-Fosse Tertry, Somme Thiepval Tincourt-Boucly Treux Vauvillers (Somme) Vermandovillers Ville-sur-Ancre Villecourt Villers-Carbonnel Villers-Faucon Voyennes Vraignes-en-Vermandois Y (Somme)
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