Poix-de-Picardie

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Coordinates: 49°46′36″N 1°59′07″E / 49.7766666667, 1.98527777778

Commune of Poix-de-Picardie

Location

Administration

Communauté de communes du Sud-Ouest Amiénois

Mayor

Jacky Petigny
(2001-2008)

Statistics

Elevation

94 m–190 m
(avg. 106 m)

Land area^¹

11,66 km²

Population^²
(1999)

2285

- Density

195/km²

Miscellaneous

INSEE/Postal code

80630/ 80290

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.

Poix-de-Picardie is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

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

[edit] Geography

Situated at the junction of the N1 and N29 road, some 20 miles southwest of Amiens, at the bottom of a rather steep-sided valley, confined by Normandy to the south and Picardie to the north. The commune has rail access, linking with the Rouen / Amiens network via the TER.

[edit] Population

Population Growth
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1470	1775	2172	2267	2191	2285
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

The 16th century church of Saint-Denis’ priory. In flamboyant Gothic style, the base of the tower dates from the 12th century. Before becoming the parish church, it was the chapel of the château.
Military cemetery. Containing the graves of 149 Second World War Commonwealth aircrew.