Sorel, Somme

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Coordinates: 50°01′27″N 3°03′03″E / 50.0241666667, 3.05083333333

Commune of Sorel
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Roisel
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du canton de Roisel
Mayor	Bernard Dazin (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	99 m–148 m (avg. 40 m)
Land area¹	7,94 km²
Population² (1999)	163
- Density	20/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80737/ 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.

Sorel is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 History 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated some 11 miles southwest of Cambrai, on the D222 road, only a couple of miles from the border with the Pas-de-Calais department.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
236	223	197	184	187	163
Census count starting from 1962 Population without double counting

[edit] History

The village was completely rebuilt after the devastation wrought by World War I. During the 1920s, architect Louis Faille, originally from Nurlu, was responsible for the reconstruction, notably the ‘mairie-école’ (combined mayor's office and school) and the church, completed in 1932.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Official website of the Communauté de communes (French)
• Sorel on the Insee website (French)
• Sorel on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 3rd 2008.