Sorel | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Image Coat Of Arms: | Blason ville fr Sorel (Somme).svg |
Arrondissement: | Péronne |
Canton: | Péronne |
Insee: | 80737 |
Postal Code: | 80240 |
Mayor: | Jacques Decaux[1] |
Term: | 2020 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Haute Somme |
Coordinates: | 50.0242°N 3.0508°W |
Elevation M: | 40 |
Elevation Min M: | 99 |
Elevation Max M: | 148 |
Area Km2: | 7.94 |
Sorel (in French pronounced as /sɔʁɛl/) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Sorel is situated 11miles southwest of Cambrai, on the D222 road, only a couple of miles from the border with the Pas-de-Calais department.
The village was completely rebuilt after the devastation wrought by World War I. During the 1920s, architect Louis Faille, originally from Nurlu, was responsible for the reconstruction, notably the ‘mairie-école’ (combined mayor's office and school) and the church, completed in 1932.