Hescamps
Hescamps | |
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 The town hall in Hescamps | |
Location of Hescamps  | |
  Hescamps  Hescamps | |
| Coordinates: 49°43′46″N 1°52′20″E / 49.7294°N 1.8722°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Amiens |
| Canton | Poix-de-Picardie |
| Intercommunality | CC Somme Sud-Ouest |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Jocelyne Ternois[1] |
| Area 1 | 34.56 km2 (13.34 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[2] | 521 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80436 /80290 |
| Elevation | 127–211 m (417–692 ft) (avg. 200 m or 660 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Hescamps is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
[edit]Hescamps is situated on the D257 road, some 22 miles (35 km) southwest of Amiens.
The Plateau Picard near the border between the departments of the Somme, the Oise and the Seine-Maritime, easily accessible via the old national road 15a (now DR 1015) and 319 (now DR 919), or by Highway A29 .
The nearest train station is in Fouilloy, at 3 km.
The common Hescamps is constituted by the four former municipalities of the Somme in 1972:
- Agnières
- Frettemolle
- Souplicourt.
The stream of Évoissons rises to Handicourt.
Population
[edit]| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 558 | — |
| 1975 | 517 | −1.08% |
| 1982 | 434 | −2.47% |
| 1990 | 404 | −0.89% |
| 1999 | 434 | +0.80% |
| 2007 | 470 | +1.00% |
| 2012 | 530 | +2.43% |
| 2017 | 516 | −0.53% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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