Hangard

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Coordinates: 49°49′25″N 2°30′47″E / 49.8236111111, 2.51305555556

Commune of Hangard
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Canton de Moreuil
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes Avre Luce Moreuil
Mayor	M. Dominique Paille (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	35 m–102 m (avg. 50 m)
Land area¹	6,34 km²
Population² (1999)	100
- Density	15/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80414/ 80110
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.

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

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

[edit] Geography

Situated on the D76 road, some 13 miles southeast of Abbeville.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
71	75	82	73	87	100
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] History

The name comes from a personal name "Hano" and the Germanic "Gardo" and means ‘Hano’s garden’.
In 1135 the name was spelt ‘Hangardum’.
Stone-age tools of flint, in the shape of blades, arrows and axes have been found in the area.
A dolmen once stood nearby but has now disappeared into the marshy land.
During World War I, on the 28th March 1918, the village was evacuated.
By April 1918 the village had been totally destroyed.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Hangard’s official website
• Hangard on the Insee website (French)
• Hangard on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

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