Rue is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

First known in the 9th century, when Vikings, from Rye, Denmark (pronounced "Ru"), first settled here. It would not have been much more than a group of huts in the marshes. Some local family names have Danish origins.

Places of interest

• The chapel of the Holy Spirit (1440-1514) is one of the finest examples of flamboyant gothic in Picardie.
• The bell tower.

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