Longueau
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Commune of Longueau |
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| Administration | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region | Picardie | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Amiens | |
| Canton | Amiens 4e (Est) | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté d'agglomération Amiens Métropole | |
| Mayor | Joël Brunet (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 23 m–64 m (avg. 28 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 3,42 km² | |
| Population² (2004) |
5179 | |
| - Density | 1536/km² | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 80489/ 80330 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Longueau is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.
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[edit] Geography
Situated 4 miles southeast of Amiens, a suburb just by the airport, on the N29 road
[edit] Population
| 1936 | 1946 | 1954 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2004 |
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| 3906 | 2770 | 4811 | 5316 | 5485 | 5598 | 5309 | 4940 | 5210 | 5179 |
| Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting | |||||||||
[edit] Places of interest
The town was once a railway centre. The reinforced concrete depot, now a registered historic monument is one of four designed by Bernard Lafaille between the two world wars.
[edit] See also
Communes of the Somme department
Gare de Longueau
[edit] External Links
- Longueau sur on the Insee website (French)
- Longueau on the Quid website (French)
[edit] Notes
- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 1st 2008.
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