Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy
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Commune of Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy |
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| Administration | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region |  Picardie |
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| Department |  Somme |
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| Arrondissement | Abbeville | |
| Canton | Abbeville-Nord | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de l'Abbevillois | |
| Mayor | Edmond PETIT (2001-2008) |
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| Elevation | 19 m–79 m (avg. 128 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 6,14 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
830 | |
| - Density | 135/km² | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 80779/ 80132 | |
| 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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Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.
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[edit] Geography
Situated some 2 miles east of the centre of Abbeville, on the D153 road
[edit] Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 607 | 640 | 734 | 856 | 889 | 830 |
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[edit] Places of interest
The church of Notre Dame de l'Assomption, built at the top of a small hill, is in the Gothic style and dates from the 15th century. On a wall inside there’s a plaque dedicated to Nicolas du Moncel, seigneur of Vascongnes, who died in 1487. Like all churches dedicated to the Virgin, it is built with a noticeably narrow transept.
[edit] See also
Communes of the Somme department
[edit] External links
- Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy on the Insee website (French)
- Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy on the Quid website (French)
[edit] Notes
- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 5th 2008.
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