Pont-Remy

Commune of Pont-Remy

Location

Administration

Mme Annie Roucoux
(2001-2008)

Statistics

6 m–109 m
(avg. 9 m)

Land area^¹

9,93 km²

Population^²
(1999)

1400

140/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-Remy is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

[edit] Geography

Situated at the junction of the D901 and D183 roads at an ancient crossing point of the Somme River, some 7 miles southeast of Abbeville.

Population Growth
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1525	1547	1406	1311	1395	1400
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

The railway station at the beginning of the 20th century

Church of Saint-Pierre
The château. Because of its position on a small island, it held out against the English forces during the Hundred Years War.
Cardinal Richelieu was imprisoned here.
The present-day owners have allowed the building to fall into disrepair, much to the chagrin of the people of the village. An association was set up in 2007 to persuade the owners to see reason and help to save this historic monument
The British cemetery