Hallencourt
Appearance
Hallencourt | |
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The town hall in Hallencourt | |
Coordinates: 49°59′32″N 1°52′41″E / 49.9922°N 1.878°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Somme |
Arrondissement | Abbeville |
Canton | Gamaches |
Intercommunality | CA Baie de Somme |
Government | |
• Mayor (2001–2008) | Pierre Martin |
Area 1 | 20.55 km2 (7.93 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[1] | 1,286 |
• Density | 63/km2 (160/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 80406 /80490 |
Elevation | 35–121 m (115–397 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Hallencourt is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Hallencourt is situated at the junction of the D21, D53 and D173 roads, some 10 miles (16 km) south of Abbeville. The commune comprises the two villages of Hallencourt and Hocquincourt.
Population
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 1350 | 1367 | 1370 | 1407 | 1374 | 1348 | 1404 |
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |
Places of interest
- The war memorial
- The Château de Beauvoir at Hocquincourt (now a private hotel)
Personalities
- Roman Opałka, French artist of Polish ancestry, was born in Hocquincourt in 1931.
- Édouard Louis, French writer, is from Hallencourt. He wrote his debut autobiographical novel En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule (2014, translated into English as The End of Eddy) about growing up there.
See also
References
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
External links
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