Talmas
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Commune of Tailly |
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Administration | ||
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Country | France | |
Region | Picardie | |
Department | Somme | |
Arrondissement | Amiens | |
Canton | Villers-Bocage (Somme) | |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Bocage et de l'Hallue | |
Mayor | M. Patrick Blocklet (2001-2008) |
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Statistics | ||
Elevation | 87 m–154 m (avg. 145 m) |
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Land area¹ | 19,2 km² | |
Population² (2006) |
1087 | |
- Density | 56/km² | |
Miscellaneous | ||
INSEE/Postal code | 80746/ 80260 | |
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. | ||
Talmas is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.
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[edit] Geography
Situated some 11 miles north of Amiens, on the N25 and D60 crossroads
[edit] Population
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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448 | 554 | 787 | 1027 | 123 | 1053 | 1087 |
Census count starting from 1962 Population without double counting |
[edit] Places of interest
Known for the « muches », a vast network of natural and man-made galleries in the limestone, where the local population hid and lived during the Spanish occupation in the 16th century.
[edit] See also
Communes of the Somme department
[edit] External links
- Official website of the commune (French)
- The Muches (French)
- Talmas on the Insee website (French)
- Talmas on the Quid website (French)
[edit] Notes
- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 3rd 2008.