Quend

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Coordinates: 50°19′02″N 1°38′14″E / 50.31722, 01.63722

Administration
Commune of Quend
Location

Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Rue
Mayor	Marc Volant (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	2 m–29 m (avg. 5 m)
Land area^¹	37.78 km²
Population^² (1999)	1,205
- Density	31/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80649/ 80120
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.

Quend is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardy region of northern France. The inhabitants are known as Quennois and Quennoises.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Population
4 Tourism and culture
5 Places and monuments
6 Personnalities linked to the commune
7 See also
8 References
9 External links

[edit] Geography

Situated between the estuaries of the Somme and the Authie, with the D940 connecting to the A16 motorway. Quend is a commune of several villages and hamlets (Monchaux, Routhiauville, Quend-Plage-Les-Pins and more).

[edit] History

Quend’s church is dedicated to Saint Vaast, bishop of Arras in the 6th century. The steeple, which can be seen from miles around, was used as a triangulation point when creating the map of France.On the 15th March 1905, lightning struck the steeple. Quend-Plage-Les-Pins was completely razed during the Allied invasion of France in 1944.