Estrées-Deniécourt

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Coordinates: 49°52′32″N 2°49′28″E / 49.8755555556, 2.82444444444

Commune of Estrées-Deniécourt
Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Administration
Country France
Region Picardie
Department Somme
Arrondissement Péronne

Estrées-Deniécourt
Canton Chaulnes
Intercommunality Communauté de communes de Haute Picardie
Mayor Pascal Vanysacker
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 69 m–85 m
(avg. 75 m)
Land area¹ 6,45 km²
Population²
(1999)		 245
 - Density 37/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 80288/ 80200
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

Estrées-Deniécourt is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

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[edit] Geography

The commune lies on the national highway N29, at the junction with the A1 autoroute, west of the River Somme and 28 miles east of Amiens It has the remains of a Roman road , the Chaussée Brunehaut passing through the village.

[edit] History

It was the scene of heavy fighting during the Battle of the Somme. The probable (unmarked) burial site of Raynal Bolling, the first U.S. officer of high rank to fall in combat.

The Estrées-Deniécourt Military Cemetery, is located at the west end of the village and the German Cemetery is located on the way to the commune of Fay.

[edit] Miscellaneous

The commune holds an annual brocante (flea-market) each June. It is one of many villages in the north of France bearing the name Estrées.

[edit] Population

Population Growth
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
238 255 285 253 252 245
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

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