Fricourt

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Coordinates: 49°59′56″N 2°42′57″E / 49.9988888889, 2.71583333333

Commune of Fricourt
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot
Mayor	Jacky Tonnel (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	54 m–134 m (avg. 65 m)
Land area¹	11,3 km²
Population² (1999)	448
- Density	39/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80366/ 80300
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.

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

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Population 4 Places of interest 5 See also 6 External links 7 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated on the D147 and D64 junction, some 20 miles northeast of Amiens.

[edit] History

It was close to the front line for much of World War I and saw particularly fierce fighting during the Battles of the Somme and the Battles of Albert. It is about a kilometre from Mametz.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
439	471	477	502	466	448
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

[edit] See also

Fricourt German war cemetery
Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Fricourt on the Insee website (French)
• Fricourt 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 13th 2008.