Mesnil-en-Arrouaise

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Coordinates: 50°02′42″N 2°56′44″E / 50.045, 2.94555555556

Commune of Mesnil-en-Arrouaise
Location
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Administration
Country France
Region Picardie
Department Somme
Arrondissement Péronne
Canton Canton de Combles
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du canton de Combles
Mayor Mme Denise Guise
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 99 m–152 m
(avg. 128 m)
Land area¹ 6,5 km²
Population²
(1999)		 124
 - Density 19/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 80538/ 80360
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.
France

Mesnil-en-Arrouaise is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

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[edit] Geography

Situated on the D172 road, some 19 miles southwest of Cambrai, in the ancient region of the Arrouaise, which, to the Romans, was a forest-frontier.[1] [2].

[edit] Population

Population Growth
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
157 172 147 127 118 124
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

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[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Thesis of Jean Jacques Dubois : 1989, Espaces et milieux forestiers dans le Nord de la France. Etude de biogéographie historique. Thèse d’Etat, Université Paris -I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2 vol., 1023 pages
  2. ^ R..Dion, Les frontières de la France (1947)
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