Surcamps
Appearance
Surcamps | |
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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 (2020–2026) | Dominique Boullet[1] |
Area 1 | 2.97 km2 (1.15 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 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 (French pronunciation: [syʁkɑ̃]) is a commune located in the Somme department, Hauts-de-France, northern France.
Geography
[edit]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.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 67 | — |
1975 | 82 | +2.93% |
1982 | 73 | −1.65% |
1990 | 64 | −1.63% |
1999 | 56 | −1.47% |
2007 | 69 | +2.64% |
2012 | 74 | +1.41% |
2017 | 64 | −2.86% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Places of interest
[edit]- 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.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Source : Quotidien Le Courrier Picard, édition de la Somme, du 4 novembre 2007.
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