Beaucamps-le-Vieux

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Beaucamps-le-Vieux
Beaucamps-le-Vieux
Coordinates: 49°50′42″N 1°46′48″E / 49.845°N 1.78°E / 49.845; 1.78Coordinates: 49°50′42″N 1°46′48″E / 49.845°N 1.78°E / 49.845; 1.78
Country France
Region Picardy
Department Somme
Arrondissement Amiens
Canton Hornoy-le-Bourg
Intercommunality Communauté de communes du Sud-Ouest Amiénois
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) M. François Thiverny
Area
 • Land1 5.02 km2 (1.94 sq mi)
Population (2010)
 • Population2 1,437
 • Population2 Density 290/km2 (740/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 80062 / 80430
Elevation 127–201 m (417–659 ft)
(avg. 189 m or 620 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.

Beaucamps-le-Vieux is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated at the junction of the D96, D496 and D211 roads, 3 miles (5 km) from the banks of the Bresle River, the border of the departments of the Somme and Seine-Maritime.

Population

Historical population of Beaucamps-le-Vieux
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population1336144914571443140413851460
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

History

Ref: Mireille Louis, 1507, (Bibliothèque National) National Library of France.

Humboldt the Old (Fr: Humbaud le Vieux, Latin: Humbaldus Vetulus ou Veteris) Lord of Beaucamps, was a knight descendent of the "le Vieux d’Yvetot" a Normand family of French-Danish origins.

Beaucamps was originated during the medieval period as a self-contained village, later becoming a military holding of the LeVieux princes of Yvetot. The town preserves today some remains of the medieval period among then the ruins of the lordship fort-castle and its church built by Benedict monks. There are also other remarkable buildings from the XI's and XII's period, today turned into historical monuments. After the disappearance of the small Kingdom of Yvetot, and the relocation of the Flandrians to Belgium, the region became an agricultural land.

In 1891, Beaucamps-le-Vieux became the provisional terminal of the Somme regional railway, coming from Amiens, then later reaching Aumale in 1901 and eventually Envermeu in 1906. The line closed to passengers in 1940, and to all traffic in 1947. The train station still stands, but is in private ownership.

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