Hangard

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Hangard
Hangard
Coordinates: 49°49′25″N 2°30′47″E / 49.8236°N 2.5131°E / 49.8236; 2.5131Coordinates: 49°49′25″N 2°30′47″E / 49.8236°N 2.5131°E / 49.8236; 2.5131
Country France
Region Picardy
Department Somme
Arrondissement Montdidier
Canton Moreuil
Intercommunality Avre Luce Moreuil
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Dominique Paille
Area
 • Land1 6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Population2 117
 • Population2 Density 18/km2 (48/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 80414 / 80110
Elevation 35–102 m (115–335 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.

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

Geography

Hangard is situated on the D76 road, some 13 miles (21 km) southeast of Abbeville.

Population

Historical population of Hangard
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population7175827387100117
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

History

The name comes from a personal name "Hano" and the Germanic "Gardo" and means ‘Hano’s garden’.
In 1135 the name was spelt ‘Hangardum’.
Stone-age tools of flint, in the shape of blades, arrows and axes have been found in the area.
A dolmen once stood nearby but has now disappeared into the marshy land.
During World War I, on the 28th March 1918, the village was evacuated.
By April 1918 the village had been totally destroyed.

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