# Corbie

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Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Corbie Commune Town hall Coat of arms Location of Corbie Corbie Show map of France Corbie Show map of Hauts-de-France Coordinates: 49°54′35″N 2°30′29″E / 49.9097°N 2.5081°E / 49.9097; 2.5081 Country France Region Hauts-de-France Department Somme Arrondissement Amiens Canton Corbie Intercommunality Val de Somme Government • Mayor (2020–2026) Ludovic Gabrel[1] Area 1 16.25 km2 (6.27 sq mi) Population (2023)[2] 5,982 • Density 368.1/km2 (953.4/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) INSEE/Postal code 80212 /80800 Elevation 26–108 m (85–354 ft) (avg. 67 m or 220 ft) 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

**Corbie** (French pronunciation: [\[kɔʁbi\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/French); [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language): *Korbei*; [Picard](/source/Picard_language): *Corbin*) is a [commune](/source/Communes_of_France) of the [Somme](/source/Somme_(department)) [department](/source/Departments_of_France) in [Hauts-de-France](/source/Hauts-de-France) in northern [France](/source/France).

## Geography

The small town is situated 15 km (9.3 mi) up river from [Amiens](/source/Amiens), in the département of [Somme](/source/Somme_(d%C3%A9partement)) and is the main town of the [canton](/source/Canton_in_France) of Corbie. It lies in the valley of the river [Somme](/source/Somme_(river)), at the confluence with the [Ancre](/source/Ancre). The town is bisected by the [Canal de la Somme](/source/Canal_de_la_Somme).

[This satellite photograph](https://maps.google.com/maps?t=k&ll=49.914093,2.609253&spn=0.150996,0.315857&t=k) shows it in its context. The town is to the left and the [fenny](/source/Fen) Somme valley winds down to it from the right. The [chalk](/source/Chalk) of the [Upper Cretaceous](/source/Upper_Cretaceous) [plateau](/source/Plateau) shows pale in the fields. The river Ancre flows down from the north-east. The [A29 road](/source/Autoroutes_of_France) is shown under construction snaking across the chalk in the southern part of the picture. The fainter, straight line just to its north is the road N29. It passes through [Villers-Bretonneux](/source/Villers-Bretonneux), the village just south of Corbie.

## History

### Corbie Abbey

Main article: [Corbie Abbey](/source/Corbie_Abbey)

The town of Corbie grew up round [Corbie Abbey](/source/Corbie_Abbey), founded in 657 or 660 by the queen regent [Bathilde](/source/Balthild_of_Chelles), with a founding community of monks from [Luxeuil Abbey](/source/Luxeuil_Abbey) in the [Franche-Comté](/source/Franche-Comt%C3%A9).

Its [scriptorium](/source/Scriptorium) came to be one of the centers of work of manuscript illumination when the art was still fairly new in western Europe. In this early [Merovingian](/source/Merovingian) period the work of Corbie was innovative in that it portrayed images of people, such as [Saint Jerome](/source/Saint_Jerome). It was also the place of creation, in about 780, of the influential [Caroline minuscule](/source/Caroline_minuscule) script.[3]

The contents of its library are known from catalogues of the eleventh and twelfth centuries. In 1638, [Cardinal Richelieu](/source/Cardinal_Richelieu) ordered the transfer of the library's books to the library at [Saint-Germain-des-Prés](/source/Saint-Germain-des-Pr%C3%A9s), which was dispersed at the end of the eighteenth century.

### Town

In 1234, [Floris IV, Count of Holland](/source/Floris_IV%2C_Count_of_Holland) died at a [tournament](/source/Tournament_(medieval)) held here. In 1475, the town was taken by [Louis XI](/source/Louis_XI). The [Spanish](/source/Spain_in_the_17th_century) took it after a short siege on 15 August 1636 but were ousted in November by [Cardinal Richelieu](/source/Cardinal_Richelieu) and [Louis XIII](/source/Louis_XIII) after a siege of three months.

In 1918, Corbie was on the margin of the battlefield of [Villers-Bretonneux](/source/Villers-Bretonneux) at which the [First Battle of the Somme (1918)](/source/First_Battle_of_the_Somme_(1918)) of the [German spring offensive](/source/German_spring_offensive) came to a climax.

## Population

‹ The [template](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Template) *[Historical populations](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Historical_populations)* is being [considered for merging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Templates_for_discussion/Log/2026_June_24#Template:Infobox_demographics). ›

Historical population Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1968 5,261 — 1975 5,466 +0.55% 1982 6,176 +1.76% 1990 6,152 −0.05% 1999 6,317 +0.29% 2007 6,342 +0.05% 2012 6,290 −0.16% 2017 6,283 −0.02% 2023 5,982 −0.81% Source: INSEE[4]

## Pictures

		- Queen Bathilde, Jardin du LUXEMBOURG, PARIS

		- Coat of arms of the Royal Abbey of CORBIE

		- Map by CASSINI, circa 1780

		- Town hall

		- Monument by [Albert Roze](/source/Albert_Roze)

		- The Abbey church, 18th century

		- The Abbey church, 18th century

		- Gate of Honor of the Abbey, 1750

		- Notre-Dame de la Neuville church, 15th century

		- La Neuville church, 15th century, detail

		- La Neuville church, 15th century, detail

## Sights

- [Abbey of St. Peter](/source/Corbie_Abbey) (Saint Pierre)

- [Town Hall](/source/Town_hall)

- [Church](/source/Church_(building)) of la Neuville; at the north-west end of the town

## Personalities

- [Adalard of Corbie](/source/Adalard_of_Corbie), a German cousin of [Charlemagne](/source/Charlemagne), was abbot of Corbie. In 822, he founded [Corvey Abbey](/source/Corvey_Abbey) (*Corbeia nova* or "new Corbie") on the territory of [Höxter](/source/H%C3%B6xter) in [Westphalia](/source/Westphalia).

- [Adela of France, Countess of Flanders](/source/Adela_of_France%2C_Countess_of_Flanders) (1009–1079), countess of Corbie, married [Baldwin V, Count of Flanders](/source/Baldwin_V%2C_Count_of_Flanders)(c. 1030-1070); their son, Baldwin of Mons became [Baldwin VI, Count of Flanders](/source/Baldwin_VI%2C_Count_of_Flanders).

- [Saint Gérard](/source/Gerald_of_Corbie) (born at Corbie in 1025): abbot and confessor.

- [Saint Colette](/source/Saint_Colette) (born at Corbie in 1381): reformer of the [Franciscan Order](/source/Franciscan)

- [Eugène Lefebvre](/source/Eug%C3%A8ne_Lefebvre), [aviation](/source/Aviation_history) pioneer, born at Corbie 4 October 1878. He was the first [pilot](/source/Aviator) to be killed at the controls of his [aeroplane](/source/Aeroplane), 7 September 1909

## Twin towns

- [Höxter](/source/H%C3%B6xter), [Germany](/source/Germany)

- [Pickering](/source/Pickering%2C_North_Yorkshire), [Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain)

## See also

- [Communes of the Somme department](/source/Communes_of_the_Somme_department)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Répertoire national des élus: les maires"](https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503) (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Populations de référence 2023"](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-80212) (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** see [calligraphy](/source/Calligraphy#Western_Europe) and [Merovingian script](/source/Merovingian_script)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-pophist_4-0)** [Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023](https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/8643952?geo=COM-80212#tableau-POPREF_G1), INSEE

- Nordenfalk, C. (1995). *Book Illumination Early Middle Ages*. pp. 52, 54, 60. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [2-605-00299-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/2-605-00299-3).

- Voronova, T.; A. Sterligov (2003). *Western European Illuminated Manuscripts 8th to 16th centuries*. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-86288-584-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-86288-584-1).

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Corbie](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Corbie).

- [Corbie town site](https://www.mairie-corbie.fr/)

- [Catholic Encyclopedia (Corbie)](http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04355d.htm)

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