Wiry-au-Mont

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Coordinates: 49°57′49″N 1°50′26″E / 49.9636111111, 1.84055555556

Commune of Wiry-au-Mont
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Hallencourt
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région d'Hallencourt
Mayor	Marcel Regnier (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	45 m–119 m (avg. 109 m)
Land area¹	4,81 km²
Population² (1999)	96
- Density	19/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80825/ 80270
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.

Wiry-au-Mont 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 10 miles(16km) south of Abbeville, on the D936 road

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
116	116	118	111	92	96
Census count starting from 1962 Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The war memorial^[1]
• The old railway line ^[2]

The railway was opened on the 9th May 1872 and was used principally from freight, although some passengers were carried.
It was finally closed on the 10th November 1993. It served the following communes:
Longpré-les-Corps-Saints / Bettencourt-Rivière / Airaines / Allery / Wiry-au-Mont / Forceville / Oisemont / Cerisy-Buleux / Martainneville / Saint-Maxent / Vismes-au-Val / Maisnières / Longroy and Gamaches

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Communauté de communes website (French)
• Wiry-au-Mont on the Insee website (French)
• Wiry-au-Mont on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 7th 2008.