Drucat
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Commune of Drucat |
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Administration | ||
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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) |
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Statistics | ||
Elevation | 6 m–81 m (avg. 26 m) |
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Land area¹ | 10,84 km² | |
Population² (1999) |
861 | |
- Density | 79/km² | |
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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. | ||
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
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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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
[edit] External links
- Drucat on the Insee website (French)
- Drucat on the Quid website (French)
[edit] Notes
- This article is based on the original and the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 28th 2008.