Hornoy-le-Bourg

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Coordinates: 49°50′46″N 1°54′08″E / 49.8461111111, 1.90222222222

Commune of Hornoy-le-Bourg
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Hornoy-le-Bourg
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Sud-Ouest Amiénois
Mayor	Daniel Capon (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	68 m–201 m (avg. 166 m)
Land area¹	51,23 km²
Population² (1999)	1449
- Density	28/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80443/ 80640
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.

Hornoy-le-Bourg is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

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

[edit] Geography

Situated at the junction of the D18 and D211 roads, some 16 miles southwest of Amiens. The second largest commune of the Somme (by area).

[edit] Places of interest

• The church
• The market hall
• The war memorial

[edit] People with links to the commune

• Countess of Dompierre d'Hornoy, Marquise of Florian, née Marie-Elisabeth Mignot, niece of Voltaire, was buried here in 1771. ^[1]
• Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, poet, often stayed at Hornoy.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1588	1607	1503	1467	1448	1449
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Hornoy-le-Bourg on the Insee website (French)
• Hornoy-le-Bourg on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 26th 2008.