Quend

Quend
Quend
Commune
	The beach at Quend-Plage
	Coat of arms
	Location of Quend
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	Coordinates: 50°19′02″N 1°38′14″E / 50.3172°N 01.6372°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Rue
Intercommunality	CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Government
• Mayor (2001–2014)	Marc Volant
Area 1	37.78 km2 (14.59 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,269
• Density	34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80649 /80120
Elevation	2–29 m (6.6–95.1 ft) ; (avg. 5 m or 16 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Quend (French pronunciation: [kɛ̃]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The inhabitants are known as Quennois.

Geography

Quend is situated between the estuaries of the Somme and the Authie, with the D940 connecting to the A16 motorway. Quend is a commune of several villages and hamlets (Monchaux, Routhiauville, Quend-Plage-Les-Pins and more).

History

Quend’s church is dedicated to Saint Vaast, bishop of Arras in the 6th century. The steeple, which can be seen from miles around, was used as a triangulation point when creating the map of France. On 15 March 1905, lightning struck the steeple.

Quend-Plage-Les-Pins was razed during the Allied invasion of France in 1944.

Population

Population history
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
1337	1345	1315	1243	1209	1205	1397
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Tourism and culture

Since 2005, A film festival has taken place at Quend-Plage-les-Pins.^[2]

Places and monuments

Personalities

Roger Noyon, artiste

References

^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Film website

External links

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

[2] Film website

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