Agenville

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Coordinates: 50°09′59″N 2°06′13″E / 50.1663888889, 2.10361111111

Commune of Agenville
Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Administration
Country France
Region Picardie
Department Somme
Arrondissement Amiens
Canton Bernaville
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Bernavillois
Mayor Dany Petit
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 88 m–136 m
(avg. 140 m)
Land area¹ 3,3 km²
Population²
(1999)		 91
 - Density 27/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 80005/ 80370
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.
France

Agenville is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardy region of France.

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[edit] Geography

A village of mixed farming situated 15 miles northeast of Abbeville on the D56 road.

[edit] History

Destroyed by the English at the time of the battle of Crecy in 1346 and rebuilt on a new site. Rebuilt after the bombardments of 1944, when 95% of the village was destroyed, as the V1 rocket site was nearby. Agenville was once a centre of a pilgrimage

[edit] Demography

Population evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
99 103 95 89 84 91
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 50°10′N 2°06′E / 50.167, 2.1