Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy

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Coordinates: 50°06′14″N 1°53′25″E / 50.1038888889, 1.89027777778

Commune of Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Abbeville-Nord
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de l'Abbevillois
Mayor	Edmond PETIT (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	19 m–79 m (avg. 128 m)
Land area¹	6,14 km²
Population² (1999)	830
- Density	135/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80779/ 80132
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.

Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy 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

Situated some 2 miles east of the centre of Abbeville, on the D153 road

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
607	640	734	856	889	830
Census count starting from 1962 Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

The church of Notre Dame de l'Assomption, built at the top of a small hill, is in the Gothic style and dates from the 15th century. On a wall inside there’s a plaque dedicated to Nicolas du Moncel, seigneur of Vascongnes, who died in 1487. Like all churches dedicated to the Virgin, it is built with a noticeably narrow transept.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy on the Insee website (French)
• Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 5th 2008.