Huppy | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason Huppy.svg |
Arrondissement: | Abbeville |
Canton: | Gamaches |
Insee: | 80446 |
Postal Code: | 80140 |
Mayor: | Aymerick Coeuilte[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | CA Baie de Somme |
Coordinates: | 50.0264°N 1.767°W |
Elevation M: | 98 |
Elevation Min M: | 60 |
Elevation Max M: | 113 |
Area Km2: | 10.81 |
Huppy (in French pronounced as /ypi/) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Huppy is situated at the junction of the D25 and D13 roads, some 7miles south-southwest of Abbeville.
The A28 autoroute is less than 1miles away.Àt 100 metres altitude on the limestone plateau of the old region of the Vimeu. The land is fertile and well-watered. Electricity generating turbines now stand in the fields where once wind-mills stood.
In 1940, during World War II, the château of Huppy became the headquarters of General Charles de Gaulle, commanding officer (as a colonel) of the 4th Division de Cuirassé, during the battle of Abbeville (28 – 31 May).
A bust in memorial to the General is placed in the village square.
A commemorative monument about the battle has been built at the western entrance to the village.