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abbeville

n. 1 A town in Picardy, France, on the Somme.(R:RHCD: page=2) 2 A city in Alabama. 3 A city in Georgia, USA. 4 A city in Louisiana. 5 A town in Mississippi. 6 A city and a county in South Carolina, United States.

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Abbeville, AL -- U.S. city in Alabama
Population (2000): 2987
Housing Units (2000): 1353
Land area (2000): 15.560669 sq. miles (40.301945 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.046480 sq. miles (0.120383 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 15.607149 sq. miles (40.422328 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00124
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 31.566367 N, 85.251300 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 36310
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
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Abbeville, AL
Abbeville
Abbeville, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000): 2298
Housing Units (2000): 467
Land area (2000): 3.060449 sq. miles (7.926525 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.018722 sq. miles (0.048491 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.079171 sq. miles (7.975016 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00184
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 31.991549 N, 83.307551 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 31001
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Abbeville, GA
Abbeville
Abbeville, SC -- U.S. city in South Carolina
Population (2000): 5840
Housing Units (2000): 2654
Land area (2000): 5.867972 sq. miles (15.197976 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.867972 sq. miles (15.197976 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00100
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 34.178572 N, 82.379200 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 29620
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Abbeville, SC
Abbeville
Abbeville, LA -- U.S. city in Louisiana
Population (2000): 11887
Housing Units (2000): 5125
Land area (2000): 5.648810 sq. miles (14.630351 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.027687 sq. miles (0.071709 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 5.676497 sq. miles (14.702060 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00100
Located within: Louisiana (LA), FIPS 22
Location: 29.972489 N, 92.129056 W
ZIP Codes (1990):
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Abbeville, LA
Abbeville
Abbeville, MS -- U.S. town in Mississippi
Population (2000): 423
Housing Units (2000): 188
Land area (2000): 3.480487 sq. miles (9.014419 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 3.480487 sq. miles (9.014419 sq. km)
FIPS code: 00100
Located within: Mississippi (MS), FIPS 28
Location: 34.504525 N, 89.500713 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 38601
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Abbeville, MS
Abbeville
Abbeville -- U.S. County in South Carolina
Population (2000): 26167
Housing Units (2000): 11656
Land area (2000): 508.031693 sq. miles (1315.795989 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.018045 sq. miles (7.816700 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 511.049738 sq. miles (1323.612689 sq. km)
Located within: South Carolina (SC), FIPS 45
Location: 34.237617 N, 82.452522 W
Headwords:
Abbeville
Abbeville, SC
Abbeville County
Abbeville County, SC
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Abbeville (disambiguation)

Abbeville is a city in northern France.

Abbeville can also refer to:

In France:

  • Abbeville-Saint-Lucien, Oise
  • Abbéville-la-Rivière, Essonne
  • Abbéville-lès-Conflans, Meurthe-et-Moselle

In Ireland:

  • Abbeville, Dublin, a country house
  • Abbeville, Tipperary, a country house

In the United States:

  • Abbeville, Alabama, a city
  • Abbeville, Georgia, a city
  • Abbeville, Louisiana, a small city
  • Abbeville, Mississippi, a town
  • Abbeville (Lancaster, Pennsylvania), a historic home
  • Abbeville, South Carolina, a city
Abbeville

Abbeville is a commune in the Somme department and in Picardie region in northern France.

It is one of the chef-lieus of the arrondissement of Somme, and on the River Somme. It was the capital of Ponthieu. Its inhabitants are called the Abbevillois.

Abbeville (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)

Abbeville, also known as Mt. Pleasant, is a historic home located at Lancaster Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The original home was built in 1755-1756, and is a two-story, stuccoed stone section measuring 20 feet by 17 feet. In 1790, a large 2 1/2-story, five bay by three bay Georgian style dwelling was built in front of the earlier section. In 1826, two side wings were added on either side of the 1790 section. Also on the property are a contributing smokehouse (c. 1825), stable (c. 1875), and carriage house (c. 1875).

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.

Usage examples of "abbeville".

I There were two young men in Abbeville who were easily the cocks of the woodland walk.

The men of Abbeville did it themselves, with their own hands, for the glory of God.

I knew that once at Abbeville he could not escape me, I sent his trunk on to Calais, where we found it on our arrival.

These irregular columns coming up from Abbeville it ought to go like this, the road went like this.

Besides, we made friends between Abbeville and Montreuil this evening.

Goldfinger would be through Abbeville and would already have taken the major fork on to N1 for Paris or N28 for Rouen.

He took no chances but covered the forty-three kilometres to Abbeville in a quarter of an hour.

Rouen, between the Abbeville and Beauvais roads, at the foot of a valley watered by the Rieule, a little river that runs into the Andelle after turning three water-mills near its mouth, where there are a few trout that the lads amuse themselves by fishing for on Sundays.

Yonville, but about this time a cross-road was made which joins that of Abbeville to that of Amiens, and is occasionally used by the Rouen wagoners on their way to Flanders.

I told Aranda that his mother would be waiting for us at Abbeville in a week's time, and that she wanted to see him.

Not caring about the social ostracism, thinking only about the wonderful girl who had outdriven him, shown him her tail, between Abbeville and Montreuil, James Bond leant slightly forward.

He then discovered that the hire of two postchaises and four would result in the whole party’s being stranded halfway between Abbeville and Calais, and was obliged to make up his mind which of two evils was likely to prove the lesser.