• Source: Longueau

      • Longueau (French pronunciation: [lɔ̃ɡo]; Picard: Londjeu) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.


      Geography


      Longueau is situated 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Amiens, a suburb just by the airport, on the N29 road. Longueau station has rail connections to Amiens, Creil, Arras, Lille, Compiègne and Paris.


      Population




      Places of interest


      The town was once a railway centre. The reinforced concrete depot, now a registered historic monument is one of four designed by Bernard Lafaille between the two world wars.
      Longeau hosts a British military cemetery containing 204 Commonwealth war dead, primarily from the First World War.


      See also


      Communes of the Somme department


      References

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