Hallencourt

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Coordinates: 49°59′32″N 1°52′40″E / 49.9922222222, 1.87777777778

Commune of Hallencourt
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Hallencourt (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région d'Hallencourt
Mayor	Pierre Martin (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	35 m–121 m (avg. 80 m)
Land area¹	20,55 km²
Population² (1999)	1348
- Density	65/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80406/ 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.

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

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 Places of interest 4 People with links to the commune 5 See also 6 External links 7 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated at the junction of the D21, D53 and D173 roads, some 10 miles south of Abbeville. The commune comprises of the two villages of Hallencourt and Hocquincourt.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1350	1367	1370	1407	1374	1348
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The war memorial
• The Château de Beauvoir at Hocquincourt (now a private hotel)

[edit] People with links to the commune

• Roman Opałka, French artist, of Polish origin was born in Hocquincourt in 1931.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Hallencourt on the Insee website (French)
• Hallencourt on the Quid website (French)
• Canton of Hallencourt

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 20th 2008.