Drucat

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Coordinates: 50°08′37″N 1°52′19″E / 50.1436111111, 1.87194444444

Commune of Drucat

Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Administration
Country France
Region Picardie
Department Somme
Arrondissement Abbeville
Canton Canton d'Abbeville-Nord
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de l'Abbevillois
Mayor M. Henri Gauret
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 6 m–81 m
(avg. 26 m)
Land area¹ 10,84 km²
Population²
(1999)
861
 - Density 79/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 80260/ 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.
France

Drucat is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

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[edit] Geography

Situated on the D82e road, some 4 miles northeast of Abbeville.

[edit] Population

Population Growth
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
503 504 733 841 890 861
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] History

There was a station on the Réseau des Bains de Mer, called Plessiel-Drucat, which opened on 19 June 1892 and closed on 10 March 1947.

[edit] Places of interest

  • Saint Martin’s church.
  • The recently-restored chapel.
  • Plessiel water-tower

[edit] People with links to the commune

  • The composer Jean-François Lesueur (1760-1837) was born at Plessiel, a hamlet within the commune of Drucat. The village hall is named in his honour.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department
Réseau des Bains de Mer

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[edit] Notes