Surcamps

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Coordinates: 50°04′13″N 2°04′32″E / 50.0702777778, 2.07555555556

Commune of Surcamps
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Domart-en-Ponthieu
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Val de Nièvre et environs
Mayor	Lucien Carle (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	63 m–117 m (avg. 110 m)
Land area¹	2,97 km²
Population² (1999)	56
- Density	18/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80742/ 80620
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.

Surcamps 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 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

A small village situated some 10 miles southeast of Amiens, on the D216e road, by the side of the old Roman road, the Chaussée Brunehaut.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
60	67	82	73	64	56
Census count starting from 1962 Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The 19th century church
• Traces of Gallo-Roman settlements
• The wood of Coroy, where the well-preserved remains of a Nazi V1 rocket launch site is situated. Built by French prisoners in the summer of 1943, it was bombed 12 times by the Allies from December 1943 until April 1944.^[1].
  
  

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Surcamps on the Inseewebsite (French)
• Surcamps on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

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