Mailly-Maillet | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Mailly-Maillet (Somme).svg |
Arrondissement: | Péronne |
Canton: | Albert |
Insee: | 80498 |
Postal Code: | 80560 |
Mayor: | Christelle Lefevre-Margage[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Pays du Coquelicot |
Coordinates: | 50.067°N 2.6°W |
Elevation M: | 156 |
Elevation Min M: | 94 |
Elevation Max M: | 157 |
Area Km2: | 11.14 |
Mailly-Maillet (in French pronounced as /maji majɛ/) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
The commune is situated on the D919 road, about 20miles northeast of Abbeville.
It is close to the area of the Battle of the Somme. There are two military cemeteries which are maintained by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
Mailly Wood Cemetery was designed by Reginald Blomfield.[2]
The smaller of the two military cemeteries, this was designed by Wilfred Clement Von Berg.[3]