Mérélessart

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Coordinates: 49°58′20″N 1°51′00″E / 49.9722222222, 1.85

Commune of Mérélessart
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Hallencourt
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région d'Hallencourt
Mayor	André Seillier (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	84 m–122 m (avg. 85 m)
Land area¹	3,74 km²
Population² (1999)	184
- Density	49/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80529/ 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.

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

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 Places of interest 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated on the D21 road, some 10 miles south of Abbeville.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
203	222	223	213	191	184
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• Saint-Martin’s church. Known for the painting " La Charité de Saint-Martin ^[1] " (listed as a 'Monuments Historiques' and restored 2005-2006), it was painted in 1854 by the artist Isidore Patrois .
• The chapel
• The wrought-iron Calvary
• The war memorial

The church, south of the chateau entrance

The chapel

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Intercommunity website (French)
• Mérélessart on the Insee website (French)
• Mérélessart on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 5th 2008.