Boves | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason boves.svg |
Arrondissement: | Amiens |
Canton: | Amiens-5 |
Insee: | 80131 |
Postal Code: | 80440 |
Mayor: | Maryse Vandepitte[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Amiens Métropole |
Coordinates: | 49.8461°N 2.3917°W |
Elevation M: | 28 |
Elevation Min M: | 22 |
Elevation Max M: | 110 |
Area Km2: | 25.37 |
Boves (in French pronounced as /bɔv/; Picard: Bofe) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Boves is situated on the D935 and D116 road junction, on the banks of the river Avre, some 5miles southeast of Amiens. Boves station has rail connections to Amiens, Compiègne and Creil.