Harponville

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Coordinates: 50°02′10″N 2°30′11″E / 50.0361111111, 2.50305555556

Commune of Harponville
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Acheux-en-Amiénois
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot
Mayor	M. Dominique Renaud (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	69 m–147 m (avg. 135 m)
Land area¹	2,75 km²
Population² (1999)	125
- Density	45/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80420/ 80560
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.

Harponville 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

A village set amongst woods and valleys, situated on the D47 road, some 20 miles northeast of Amiens.

[edit] History

The village of Harponville is first noted as belonging to the abbey at Saint-Riquier. Later it becomes a strongly Protestant place, owing to the Raincheval family’s influence. Burials took place in the gardens of their home.
At the beginning of the 19th cenruty, the cordiality between the two denominations was such that they decided to build a wall in the old parish church, catholic on one side, protestant on the other. This wall was later demolished and a church for the protestants was built in 1823 and rebuilt in 1863 after a fire.
The village was unaffected by World War I. A defensive system of trenches and a blockhouse were set up in the ‘’Bois de l’Abbaye’’ near ‘’Mont d’Harponville’’ which kept the village safe.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
143	160	151	150	130	125
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The 19th century church. The stone came from the former château of Harponville and the old abbey at Clairfaye
• 19th century Protestant church. (Permanent exposition inside)
• 19th century school

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Harponville on the Insee website (French)

• Harponville on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

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