Vaux-sur-Somme
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Commune of Vaux-sur-Somme |
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| Location | |
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| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Picardie |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Arrondissement of Amiens |
| Canton | Canton de Corbie |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Val de Somme |
| Mayor | M. Alain Geraut (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Elevation | 27 m–111 m (avg. 30 m) |
| Land area¹ | 5,18 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
339 |
| - Density | 65/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80784/ 80800 |
| 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. | |
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Vaux-sur-Somme is a commune of the Somme département in northern France. It is best known as the death place of flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron, in mysterious circomstances.
[edit] Demographics
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 219 | 229 | 208 | 224 | 320 | 339 |
| 1962 : Population without double counts | |||||
[edit] See also
Communes of the Somme department
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