Verpillières
Verpillières | |
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Location of Verpillières  | |
  Verpillières  Verpillières | |
| Coordinates: 49°40′05″N 2°49′28″E / 49.6681°N 2.8244°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Montdidier |
| Canton | Roye |
| Intercommunality | CC Grand Roye |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Philippe Haguet |
| Area 1 | 4.87 km2 (1.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2006) | 179 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80790 /80700 |
| Elevation | 74–85 m (243–279 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Verpillières is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated 51 kilometres (32 mi) southeast of Amiens, on the D221e road, on the border with the department of Seine-Maritime.
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 158 | 159 | 122 | 142 | 161 | 169 | 179 |
| 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 seventeenth century church of Saint Martin's. Ruined during the First World War, restoration work began in 1926 and a new bell was christened in 1932.
See also
References
External links
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