Hangard
Encyclopedia
Hangard is a commune
in the Somme
department in Picardie
in northern France
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In 1135 the name was spelt ‘Hangardum’.
Stone-age tools of flint
, in the shape of blades, arrows and axes have been found in the area.
A dolmen
once stood nearby but has now disappeared into the marshy land.
During World War I
, on the 28th March 1918, the village was evacuated.
By April 1918 the village had been totally destroyed.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Somme
Somme
Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France....
department in Picardie
Picardie
Picardy is one of the 27 regions of France. It is located in the northern part of France.-History:The historical province of Picardy stretched from north of Noyon to Calais, via the whole of the Somme department and the north of the Aisne department...
in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
Hangard is situated on the D76 road, some 13 miles (21 km) southeast of AbbevilleAbbeville
Abbeville is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Location:Abbeville is located on the Somme River, from its modern mouth in the English Channel, and northwest of Amiens...
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Population
History
The name comes from a personal name "Hano" and the Germanic "Gardo" and means ‘Hano’s garden’.In 1135 the name was spelt ‘Hangardum’.
Stone-age tools of flint
Flint
Flint is a hard, sedimentary cryptocrystalline form of the mineral quartz, categorized as a variety of chert. It occurs chiefly as nodules and masses in sedimentary rocks, such as chalks and limestones. Inside the nodule, flint is usually dark grey, black, green, white, or brown in colour, and...
, in the shape of blades, arrows and axes have been found in the area.
A dolmen
Dolmen
A dolmen—also known as a portal tomb, portal grave, dolmain , cromlech , anta , Hünengrab/Hünenbett , Adamra , Ispun , Hunebed , dös , goindol or quoit—is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb, usually consisting of...
once stood nearby but has now disappeared into the marshy land.
During World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, on the 28th March 1918, the village was evacuated.
By April 1918 the village had been totally destroyed.