Ochancourt

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Coordinates: 50°06′15″N 1°36′57″E / 50.1041666667, 1.61583333333

Commune of Ochancourt
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Canton de Friville-Escarbotin
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Vimeu Industriel
Mayor	M. Michel Tondellier (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	45 m–79 m (avg. 71 m)
Land area¹	3,95 km²
Population² (1999)	235
- Density	59/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80603/ 80210
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.

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

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 History 4 Places of interest 5 See also 6 External links 7 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated on the D48 road, some 10 miles west of Abbeville.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
197	213	189	241	253	235 align=center| 255
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] History

Within the commune, on the ‘land of graves’, are said to rest the remains of those that died (9000+ ) at the Battle of Saucourt-en-Vimeu, where Louis III of France fought and defeated the Normans in 881. Other historians claim it is actually the site of the battle itself.^[1]

[edit] Places of interest

• The church, with parts dating from the 12th century.
• The family chapels in the cemetery and at the crossroads

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

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

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 11th 2008.