Pont-Noyelles

Commune of Pont-Noyelles

Location

Administration

M. Jacky Durier
(2001-2008)

Statistics

32 m–123 m
(avg. 60 m)

Land area^¹

8,62 km²

Population^²
(1999)

789

91/km²

Miscellaneous

INSEE/Postal code

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.

Pont-Noyelles is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

[edit] Geography

Situated at the junction of the D929, D30 and D115 roads, some 8 miles northeast of Amiens, in the valley of the small river Hallue.

Population Growth
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
303	326	538	715	800	789
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

Pont-Noyelles was the scene of one of the battles of the Franco-Prussian War. On the 23rd and 24th December 1870, French troops, led by Colonel Louis Faidherbe routed German forces led by Edwin Freiherr von Manteuffel at the Battle of Hallue. A memorial at the site of the General’s headquarters commemorates the battle.