Cagny, Somme

Cagny

Cagny
Administration
Country France
Region Picardy
Department Somme
Arrondissement Amiens
Canton Amiens 5
Intercommunality Amiens Métropole
Mayor Marcel Boinet
(2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation 23–107 m (75–351 ft)
(avg. 54 m/177 ft)
Land area1 5.29 km2 (2.04 sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 80160/ 80330
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

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Geography

Cagny is situated on the D161 road, on the outskirts of Amiens, about 3 miles (5 km) from the centre

Population

Historical population of Cagny, Somme
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
Population 712 730 801 1026 1407 1400 1327
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The site of Cagny-La-Garenne 2 has evidence of humans Homo heidelbergensis from an inter-Ice-age environment (about 300,000 years ago).

See also

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