Nouvion

Nouvion
Nouvion
Commune
	The town hall in Nouvion
	Coat of arms
	Location of Nouvion
	Nouvion Nouvion
	Coordinates: 50°12′46″N 1°46′29″E / 50.2128°N 1.7747°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Abbeville-1
Intercommunality	CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Maurice Forestier
Area 1	15.73 km2 (6.07 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,220
• Density	78/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80598 /80860
Elevation	7–55 m (23–180 ft) ; (avg. 7 m or 23 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Nouvion (French pronunciation: [nuvjɔ̃]; or sometimes Nouvion-en-Ponthieu) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Nouvion is situated 10 miles (16 km) north of Abbeville, between the Somme estuary and the forest of Crécy, on the D1001 (ex-N1 national) departmental road junction with the departmental road D111.

Railway

Nouvion had a station on the Noyelles/Forest-l'Abbaye branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer. It opened on 24 August 1892, and closed on 10 March 1947, although the line itself remained open for freight until 1 February 1951.

Media

Nouvion is the setting for the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! However, no scenes were filmed in the town, with filming instead taking place in Norfolk in England.^[2]

Demography

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,026	—
1975	1,004	−0.31%
1982	1,102	+1.34%
1990	1,232	+1.40%
1999	1,210	−0.20%
2007	1,232	+0.23%
2012	1,264	+0.51%
2017	1,316	+0.81%
Source: INSEE^[3]

References

^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Tominey, Camilla (2 May 2010). "Britain's best loved TV locations". Daily Express. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

The community of communes of Nouvion-en-Ponthieu (in French)

[popleg2021-1] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[2] Tominey, Camilla (2 May 2010). "Britain's best loved TV locations". Daily Express. Retrieved 21 January 2019.

[3] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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