Frucourt

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Coordinates: 49°59′47″N 1°48′36″E / 49.9963888889, 1.81

Commune of Frucourt
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Hallencourt
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région d'Hallencourt
Mayor	Pierre Barbette (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	48 m–114 m (avg. 100 m)
Land area¹	5,27 km²
Population² (1999)	121
- Density	22/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80372/ 80490
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.

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

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

[edit] Geography

Situated on the D93 road, some 10 miles south of Abbeville.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
147	155	165	162	142	121
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The windmill, built in brick in 1641. The walls are 6ft (1,80m) thick at the base. It bears the (defaced) armorial of the seigneurs of the château of Frucourt, the Monthomer family. In June 2004, it was completely renovated and won a heritage prize " Les Rubans du Patrimoine".

• The château
• The church
• The war memorial

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Frucourt on the Insee website (French)
• Frucourt on the Quid website (French)
• Section patrimoine des Amis du CIS d'Hallencourt (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 13th 2008.