Abbeville, a well built, fortified town of France, in the department of Somme, on the river Somme and the Northern railway, 25 m. N. X. W. of Amiens; pop. in 1800, 19,385. The town contains a fine but unfinished Gothic cathedral, with other public edifices, and among its manufactories is one of cloth founded by Colbert in 1009. Vessels of 300 tons burden sail up the Somme to Abbeville. In 1259 peace was here concluded between Louis IX. of France and Henry III. of England.

Abbeville, a W. N. W. county of South Carolina, bounded S. W. by the Savannah river, and X. E. by the Saluda; area, 960 sq. m.; pop. in 1870, 31,129, of whom 20,213 were colored. The soil is generally fertile, well watered, and well cultivated. The Greenville and Columbia railroad runs through the county. The productions in 1868 were 4,044,713 lbs. of cotton, 324,850 bushels of corn, 52,686 of wheat, 51,374 of oats, and 23,471 of sweet potatoes. The total value of property in 1870 was $7,165,354. Capital, Abbeville.