Surcamps

Surcamps
Surcamps
Commune
	The old Roman road
	Location of Surcamps
	Surcamps Surcamps
	Coordinates: 50°04′13″N 2°04′32″E / 50.0703°N 2.0756°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Flixecourt
Intercommunality	CC Nièvre et Somme
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Lucien Carle
Area 1	2.97 km2 (1.15 sq mi)
Population (2021)	73
• Density	25/km2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80742 /80620
Elevation	63–117 m (207–384 ft) ; (avg. 110 m or 360 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Surcamps is a commune located in the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, northern France.

Geography

Surcamps is situated 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Amiens, on the D216e road, by the side of the old Roman road, the Chaussée Brunehaut.

Historical population of Surcamps
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	60	67	82	73	64	56	69
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

The nineteenth century church
Traces of Gallo-Roman settlements
The wood of Coroy, where the well-preserved remains of a Nazi V1 rocket launch site is situated. Built by French prisoners in the summer of 1943, it was bombed 12 times by the Allies from December 1943 until April 1944.^[2]

^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Source : Quotidien Le Courrier Picard, édition de la Somme, du 4 novembre 2007.

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