Corbie

Corbie
Town hall
Corbie
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Corbie
Coordinates: 49°54′35″N 2°30′29″E / 49.9097°N 2.5081°E / 49.9097; 2.5081Coordinates: 49°54′35″N 2°30′29″E / 49.9097°N 2.5081°E / 49.9097; 2.5081
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Chief town
Intercommunality	Val de Somme
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Alain Babaut
Area1	16.25 km2 (6.27 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	6,431
• Density	400/km2 (1,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	80212 / 80800
Elevation	26–108 m (85–354 ft) (avg. 67 m or 220 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Corbie is a commune of the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

The small town is situated 15 km (9.3 mi) up river from Amiens, in the département of Somme and is the main town of the canton of Corbie. It lies in the valley of the River Somme, at the confluence of the River Ancre. The town is bisected by the Canal de la Somme.

This Satellite photograph shows it in its context. The town is to the left and the fenny Somme valley winds down to it from the right. The chalk of the Upper Cretaceous plateau shows pale in the fields. The River Ancre flows down from the north-east. The A29 is shown under construction snaking across the chalk in the southern part of the picture. The fainter, straight line just to its north is the road N29. It passes through Villers-Bretonneux, the village just south of Corbie.

The town of Corbie grew up round Corbie Abbey, founded in 657 or 660 by the queen regent Bathilde, with a founding community of monks from Luxeuil Abbey in the Franche-Comté.