Buire-Courcelles

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Buire-Courcelles
Buire-Courcelles
Location within Picardy region Buire-Courcelles
Coordinates: 49°55′40″N 3°00′55″E / 49.9278°N 3.0153°E / 49.9278; 3.0153Coordinates: 49°55′40″N 3°00′55″E / 49.9278°N 3.0153°E / 49.9278; 3.0153
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Péronne
Intercommunality	Haute Somme
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Louis Lamotte
Area
• Land¹	7.76 km² (3.00 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Population²	245
• Population² Density	32/km² (82/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80150 / 80200
Elevation	56–133 m (184–436 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 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.

Buire-Courcelles is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D199 road, some 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Saint-Quentin.

Buire : Of Celtic origin, meaning 'a slope', Buire has been successively Buracum and Buiciera.
Courcelles Also of Celtic origin, meaning a group of houses. This hamlet was a commune before the French revolution and attached to Buire in 1794.

Historical population of Buire-Courcelles
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	286	302	316	291	283	284	269
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Communes of the Somme department

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