Abancourt, Oise

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Abancourt

Coat of arms
Abancourt
Coordinates: 49°41′52″N 1°45′57″E / 49.6978°N 1.7658°E / 49.6978; 1.7658Coordinates: 49°41′52″N 1°45′57″E / 49.6978°N 1.7658°E / 49.6978; 1.7658
Country France
Region Picardy
Department Oise
Arrondissement Beauvais
Intercommunality Green Picardy
Government
 • Mayor (2008–2014) Jean-Louis Dor
Area
 • Land1 6.01 km2 (2.32 sq mi)
Population (2009)
 • Population2 649
 • Population2 Density 110/km2 (280/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 60001 / 60220
Elevation 170–222 m (558–728 ft)

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.

Abancourt is a commune in the Oise department in the Picardy region of northern France.

Geography

The commune of Abancourt is situated in the western extremity of the Oise department, on the border of the Seine-Maritime department.

The Bresle River flows northwest from Abancourt along the Formerie plateau into the English Channel at Tréport. This coastal river is around 68 to 72 kilometres long depending on which source is used[1] and crosses the Oise, Somme, and Seine-Maritime Departments.

Toponymy

The area was mentioned as Abencourt in 1146, Abencurtis in 1148, Abencurt in 1150 and 1152, Habencourt in 1180, Abencourt in 1337, 1454, and in the 16th century.

One Jean and one Adrien d'Abancourt were alternately lords of Abencourt at the beginning of the 15th century.[2]

Neighbouring Communes

 Lannoy-Cuillère Quincampoix-Fleuzy Gourchelles
Romescamps
   Abancourt  
Criquiers Blargies Moliens

Climate

General Information

City Sunshine
(hrs/year)		 Rain
(mm/year)		 Snow
(days/year)		 Storms
(days/year)		 Fog
(days/year)
National Average 1973 770142240
Formerie[4] 1650 6571718 54
Paris 1 630 642 15 19 13
Nice 2 668 767 1 31 1
Strasbourg 1 633 610 30 29 65
Brest 1 492 1 109 9 11 74

Climate of Picardy

Climate data for Oise from 1961 to 1990
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average high °C (°F) 5.6
(42.1)		 6.5
(43.7)		 9.4
(48.9)		 12.4
(54.3)		 16.2
(61.2)		 18.9
(66)		 21.0
(69.8)		 21.3
(70.3)		 18.9
(66)		 14.8
(58.6)		 9.4
(48.9)		 6.5
(43.7)		 13.4
(56.1)
Daily mean °C (°F) 3.3
(37.9)		 3.8
(38.8)		 6.0
(42.8)		 8.4
(47.1)		 11.9
(53.4)		 14.6
(58.3)		 16.6
(61.9)		 16.7
(62.1)		 14.7
(58.5)		 11.3
(52.3)		 6.7
(44.1)		 4.2
(39.6)		 9.8
(49.6)
Average low °C (°F) 1
(34)		 1.1
(34)		 2.7
(36.9)		 4.4
(39.9)		 7.6
(45.7)		 10.3
(50.5)		 12.2
(54)		 12.2
(54)		 10.4
(50.7)		 7.7
(45.9)		 3.9
(39)		 1.8
(35.2)		 6.3
(43.3)
Precipitation mm (inches) 59.2
(2.331)		 48.3
(1.902)		 55.0
(2.165)		 48.1
(1.894)		 53.6
(2.11)		 61.8
(2.433)		 57.4
(2.26)		 57
(2.24)		 68
(2.68)		 71.8
(2.827)		 81.2
(3.197)		 70.2
(2.764)		 731.5
(28.799)
Mean monthly sunshine hours 52.6 81.3 114.0 165.6 199.0 209.7 215.4 207.8 151.5 113.7 74.4 47.5 1,637.9
Source: [5]

History

Roman Period

Ceramic tiles and amphoras from Abancourt's Roman period are displayed in the Beauvais museum. These were found near a hamlet on the mountain and it is assumed that there must have been a Roman camp or installation at one time. Fine red pottery, stepped and curved roof tiles nearly 50 centimetres across have been found.

On Abancourt's ancient Roman road lies a linden tree 6 metres in circumference, which was possibly the marker of a military border or a Celtic monument.[6]

Recent History

The village was renamed Abancourt-la-Montagne after the French Revolution.[7] Between 1791 and 1823, the commune was reattached to Romescamps. In 1823, Abancourt was newly created as a commune out of Blargies and Hennicourt was added to it.[8]

In 1867 the railway came to Abancourt with the construction of Abancourt Station on the Rouen to Amiens line. It was connected directly to Le Tréport and Paris in 1873-1875.

World War II

See
Main article: Battle of France

Heraldry

The arms of the commune of Abancourt are blazoned :
Gules, 2 bends wavy argent, in chief a laurel crown Or, and on a canton azure, 3 fleurs-de-lys Or.

Administration

List of Successive Mayors of Abancourt

From To Name Party Position
1989 2001 Nicole Lefevre
2001 2008 Emannual Potvin DVG
2008 Now Jean-Louis Dor IndependentRetired

(Not all data is known)

Intercommunality

Abancourt is a member of the Community of communes of Green Picardy,[9] which comprises the communes of Formerie, Grandvilliers, Marseille-en-Beauvaisis, and Songeons.

The commune is part of "Greater Beauvaisis", one of the sixteen constituent departments of the "Region of Picardy".

The commune participates in numerous intercommunal groups:

  • The electrification SIVOM (syndicat intercommunal à vocations multiples; English: intercommunal syndicate of multiple vocations) of Formerie.
  • The water syndicate of Blargies.
  • The intercommunal syndicate of school boards of Abancourt, Blargies, and Boutavent.[10]

Budget and fiscalism

The principal 2006 municipal budget allocated 298,000 euros to investment and 217,000 euros to services.[11]

In 2006, the poll tax (TH) collected by the commune was 3.37% of revenue, the property tax on developed properties was 22.06% of revenue and the company tax (TP) was 2.92% of revenue.[12]

Urbanism

In 1999, 59.4% of the commune's residents were owners of their places of residence (compared to 60.4% for the whole Oise department) and 34.4% were tenants (compared to the Oise department's 35.8%).[13]

Demography

In 2010, the town had 646 inhabitants. The evolution of the number of inhabitants is known through the population censuses conducted in the town since 1831. From the 21st century, a census of municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants is held every five years, unlike larger towns that have a sample survey every year.[Note 1] [Note 2]

Evolution of the Population (See database)
1793 1800 1806 1821 1831 1836 1841 1846 1851
615 677 700 666 664
1856 1861 1866 1872 1876 1881 1886 1891 1896
609 598 594 595 569 583 596 555 567
1901 1906 1911 1921 1926 1931 1936 1946 1954
538 531 546 602 558 629 603 529 509
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 -
507 519 527 593 582 567 635 646 -

Sources : Ldh/EHESS/Cassini until 1962, INSEE database from 1968 (population without double counting and municipal population from 2006)

Distribution of Age Groups

Percentage Distribution of Age Groups in Abancourt and Oise Department

Abancourt Abancourt Oise Oise
Age Range Men Women Men Women
0 to 14 Years 24.5 21.5 21.3 19.9
15 to 29 Years 15.6 19.0 20.0 18.5
30 to 44 Years 23.9 21.5 22.0 21.6
45 to 59 Years 20.7 20.3 21.1 20.7
60 to 74 Years 9.6 10.0 11.0 11.5
75 to 89 Years 5.7 7.7 4.5 7.1
90 Years+ 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.8

Sites and Monuments

  • Church of Notre Dame (19th Century)
  • Hennicourt Chapel: built by the Galopin-Mabille family in 1856 and restored in 2008.[14]

Equipment and services

Transport

The Abancourt Station before 1909
  1. By road: D919 (ex National Road 319) along the Main Street.
  2. By Train: Abancourt TER Station Haute-Normandie (Amiens - Rouen Line) and TER Picardy (Amiens - Rouen and Épinay - Tréport Lines)
  3. By air: 35 km from the Beauvais-Tillé Airport

Education

The town has two primary schools.[15]

Shops and services

In 2008, the town also had a bar/tobacconist, a bakery and a grocery store, located on the Main Street.

At the railway station there is a hotel, restaurant and a bar/tobacconist.

A hall is also available for hire.

Personalities linked to the commune

In the early 1960s, the singer Annie "Stone" Gautrat, who sang with Eric Charden, lived in a small house in Perny Street, near the railway station, with her parents during her childhood. The house is located at the corner of the street at the bridge. Stone still remembers the white portico which was present at the time.

Patrick Jakobowsky wrote the lyrics of the song "made in Normandy".

Notes and references

Notes

  1. ↑ At the beginning of the 21st century, the methods of identification have been modified by law No. 2002-276 of 27 February 2002 , the so-called "law of local democracy" and in particular Title V "census operations" which allow, after a transitional period running from 2004 to 2008, the annual publication of the legal population of the different French administrative districts. For municipalities with a population greater than 10,000 inhabitants, a sample survey is conducted annually, the entire territory of these municipalities is taken into account at the end of the period of five years. The first "legal population" after 1999 under this new law came into force in 1 January 2009 and was based on the census of 2006.
  2. ↑ In the census table and the graph, by convention in Wikipedia, and to allow a fair comparison between five yearly censuses, the principle has been retained for subsequent legal populations since 1999 displayed in the census table and the graph that shows populations for the years 2006, 2011, 2016, etc.. , as well as the latest legal population published by INSEE

References

  1. ↑ 68 km on the SANDRE site, 71 km from the EPTB of Aumale website, 72 km according to le Petit Larousse, the Encarta encyclopedia, and Pierre-Jean Thumerelle in his article dedicated to the river.
  2. ↑ Source
  3. ↑ Source data from the station at Beauvais, l'Internaute , INSEE and Lameteo.org
  4. ↑ Source data from the station at Beauvais, l'Internaute , INSEE and Lameteo.org
  5. ↑ Relevés météorologiques d'Abbeville, Somme (80), de 1961 à 1990 (infoclimat.fr)
  6. ↑ Source : [Répertoire archéologique du département de l'Oise. Société académique d'archéologie, sciences et arts de ce département par M. Emmanuel Woillez, 1862.]
  7. ↑ French Revolution
  8. ↑ Communes Letter
  9. ↑ Green Picardy
  10. ↑ ASPIC : Abancourt (consulted in January 2008)
  11. ↑ Ministère de l'économie et des finances : Les comptes individuels des communes (budgets municipaux 2001 à 2006)
  12. ↑ Données taxe.com
  13. ↑ Recensement INSEE 1999
  14. ↑ Abancourt (Hénnicourt): End of work - the chapel begins a new life, 17 July 2008, Publlished in Le Réveil Bresle-Oise-Somme edition ISSN 0907C-82045
  15. ↑ Liste des établissements du premier degré , on the website of the Amiens Academy

See also

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