Saint-Blimont

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Coordinates: 50°07′18″N 1°34′30″E / 50.1216666667, 1.575

Commune of Saint-Blimont

Location

Administration

Canton de Saint-Valery-sur-Somme

Intercommunality

Communauté de communes Baie de Somme Sud

Mayor

M. Claude Loiselle
(2001-2008)

Statistics

Elevation

18 m–67 m
(avg. 27 m)

Land area^¹

6,63 km²

Population^²
(1999)

948

- Density

142/km²

Miscellaneous

INSEE/Postal code

80700/ 80960

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.

Saint-Blimont is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Population
4 Places of interest
5 See also
6 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated some 12 miles west of Abbeville, on the D106 road. Sitting squarely between the industrial Vimeu region and the tourist regions of Picardie.

[edit] History

Closely linked with Saint-Valery-sur-Somme. The monk evangelist Saint Valery healed Blimond around 615, who succeeded him as head of the abbey at Saint-Valery-sur-Somme.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
948	958	989	1056	1046	948
Census count starting from 1962 Source=INSEE^[1] : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

The 15th century watchtower that has been a belltower for about 150 years. The tower is accessible in July and August, with guided visits every Saturday at 11 o'clock.
The 19th century church, with interesting elements such as beams, a baptismal font originating from the previous 16th century church and a 15th century statue of Saint Blimond.