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Abbeville
Town on the on the Somme River; during the 9th century was part of the abbey of Saint-Riquier. Noted as the site of early Paleolithic stone industry and is the type site for Abbevillian culture; town was founded as dependency of abbey of St. Riquier in the 9th century; ruled by England from 1272; site of marriage between Louis XII and Mary, sister of England's Henry VIII.