Saint-Maxent

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Coordinates: 50°00′25″N 1°43′49″E / 50.0069444444, 1.73027777778

Commune of Saint-Maxent
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Moyenneville
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Vimeu Vert
Mayor	Bernard Leneveu (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	93 m–118 m (avg. 114 m)
Land area¹	6,38 km²
Population² (1999)	369
- Density	57/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80710/ 80140
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-Maxent is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

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

[edit] Geography

Situated some 10 miles southwest of Abbeville, on the D86 and D29 road junction, about a mile from the A28 autoroute.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
413	417	379	365	365	369
Census count starting from 1962 Source=INSEE[1] : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church

• The old railway line ^[2]

The railway was opened on the 9th May 1872 and was used principally from freight, although some passengers were carried.
It was finally closed on the 10th November 1993. It served the following communes:
Longpré-les-Corps-Saints / Bettencourt-Rivière / Airaines / Allery / Wiry-au-Mont / Forceville / Oisemont / Cerisy-Buleux / Martainneville / Saint-Maxent / Vismes-au-Val / Maisnières / Longroy and Gamaches

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 31st 2008.