Forest-l'Abbaye

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Coordinates: 50°12′10″N 1°49′24″E / 50.2027777778, 1.82333333333

Commune of Forest-l'Abbaye
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Canton de Nouvion
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du canton de Nouvion-en-Ponthieu
Mayor	M. Albert Levoir (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	29 m–63 m (avg. 40 m)
Land area¹	3,3 km²
Population² (1999)	306
- Density	92/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80331/ 80150
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.

Forest-l'Abbaye is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Population 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated on the D105 road, on the edge of the forest of Crécy, some 8 miles north of Abbeville.

[edit] History

There was a station on the Réseau des Bains de Mer located on the line from Abbeville to Dompierre-sur-Authie, opened on 19 June 1892. Forest-l'Abbaye was the junction for the branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer to Noyelles-sur-Mer, which opened on 24 August 1892. The station and both lines closed to passengers on 10 March 1947. The line to Abbeville closed to freight on that date, but the line to Noyelles remained open to freight until 1 February 1951.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
340	356	322	290	307	306
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Somme department
• Réseau des Bains de Mer

[edit] External links

• Forest-l'Abbaye on the Insee website (French)
• Forest-l'Abbaye on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the original article and the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 12th 2008.