Nouvion

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For other places with the same name, see Nouvion (disambiguation).

Coordinates: 50°12′46″N 1°46′29″E / 50.21278, 1.77472

Commune of Nouvion
Location
Image:Paris_plan_pointer_b_jms.gif
Map highlighting the commune of
Administration
Country France
Region Picardie
Department Somme
Arrondissement Abbeville
Canton Nouvion-en-Ponthieu
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du canton de Nouvion-en-Ponthieu
Mayor M. Michel Hautbout
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 7 m–55 m
(avg. 7 m)
Land area¹ 15,73 km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 80598/ 80860
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
France

Nouvion (or sometimes Nouvion-en-Ponthieu) is a commune of the Somme département, in France.

Contents

[edit] Geography

Situated 10 miles north of Abbeville, between the Somme estuary and the forest of Crécy, on the nation road N1 junction with the departmental road D111.

[edit] Railway

Nouvion had a station on the Noyelles - Forest-l'Abbaye branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer. It opened on 24 August 1892 and closed on 10 March 1947, although the line itself remained open for freight until 1 February 1951.

[edit] History

[edit] Media

Nouvion features as the name of the French town in which the BBC TV series 'Allo 'Allo! is set. The filming was never made in the town, but in Norfolk.

[edit] Demography

Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
906 1026 1004 1102 1232 1210
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

(All French language)