Méaulte

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Coordinates: 49°58′56″N 2°39′39″E / 49.9822222222, 2.66083333333

Commune of Méaulte
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot
Mayor	Philippe Wallon (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	42 m–112 m (avg. 86 m)
Land area¹	10,75 km²
Population² (1999)	1254
- Density	116/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80523/ 80300
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.

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

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

[edit] Geography

Situated on the D329 road, some 20 miles northeast of Amiens.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1016	1048	1022	1074	1259	1254
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] People with links to the commune

• Henri Potez (1891-1981), aeroplane maker, was born in Méaulte. He built a factory here and began making Potez aeroplanes in 1924.
  Today, the factory is part of the pan-European group Airbus

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Méaulte on the Insee website (French)
• Méaulte on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 4th 2008.