Roisel

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Coordinates: 49°56′47″N 3°05′55″E / 49.9463888889, 3.09861111111

Commune of Roisel
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Roisel
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du canton de Roisel
Mayor	Michel Boulogne (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	67 m–142 m (avg. 75 m)
Land area¹	10,16 km²
Population² (1 999)	1 929
- Density	189/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80677/ 80240
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.

Roisel 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 10 miles northwest of Saint Quentin, on the D6 road, with the small river ‘La Cologne’ (a tributary of the Somme River) flowing through the commune.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1843	1908	1846	1976	1960	1929
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] History

The name of Roisel has an etymology close to that of "roseau" (en:reed) and it’s possible, given the ponds, lakes and marches, that the commune takes its name from the landscape. Roisel has strong connections with Saint Fursey.

[edit] Places of interest

• St Martin's church. Destroyed during World War I, it was rebuilt by local architect Louis Faille, from Nurlu, soon after 1928
• The town hall (Hotel de ville), rebuilt in 1926 by Maurice Lucet].

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External Links

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

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 18th 2008.