Sailly-le-Sec

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Coordinates: 49°55′16″N 2°35′01″E / 49.9211111111, 2.58361111111

Commune of Sailly-le-Sec

Location
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Map highlighting the commune of
Administration
Country France
Region Picardie
Department Somme
Arrondissement Péronne
Canton Canton of Bray-sur-Somme
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Val de Somme
Mayor M. Thierry Manten
(2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation 27 m–112 m
(avg. 60 m)
Land area¹ 6,74 km²
Population²
(1999)
266
 - Density 39/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code 80694/ 80800
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.
France

Sailly-le-Sec is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

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[edit] Geography

Situated some 13 miles east of Amiens, by the banks of the Somme River, on the D233 road.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999
177 223 214 198 268 266
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] History

21st April 1918 - Manfred Von Richthofen, The Red Baron, was finally shot down here.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

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[edit] Notes