Agenville

Agenville
Agenville
Administration
Country France
Region Picardy
Department Somme
Arrondissement Amiens
Canton Bernaville
Intercommunality Bernavillois
Mayor Dany Petit
(2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation 88–136 m (289–446 ft)
(avg. 140 m/460 ft)
Land area1 3.3 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
Population2 106  (2006)
 - Density 32 /km2 (83 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 80005/ 80370
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Agenville is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

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Geography

The commune is a village of mixed farming situated 15 miles (24 km) northeast of Abbeville on the D56 road.

Surrounded by the common Domléger-Longvillers , Conteville and Prouville , Agenville is located 20 km north-east of Abbeville's largest city nearby. [1]

History

Destroyed by the English at the time of the battle of Crecy in 1346 and rebuilt on a new site. Rebuilt after the bombardments of 1944, when 95% of the village was destroyed, as the V1 rocket site was nearby. Agenville was once a centre of a pilgrimage

Demography

Historical population of Agenville
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Population 99 103 95 89 84 91 106
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

Communes of the Somme department

References

  1. ^ "Annuaire-Mairie"

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