Surcamps

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Surcamps
The old Roman road
Surcamps
Coordinates: 50°04′13″N 2°04′32″E / 50.0703°N 2.0756°E / 50.0703; 2.0756Coordinates: 50°04′13″N 2°04′32″E / 50.0703°N 2.0756°E / 50.0703; 2.0756
Country France
Region Picardy
Department Somme
Arrondissement Amiens
Canton Domart-en-Ponthieu
Intercommunality Val de Nièvre et environs
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Lucien Carle
Area
  Land1 2.97 km2 (1.15 sq mi)
Population (2006)
  Population2 69
  Population2 Density 23/km2 (60/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 80742 / 80620
Elevation 63–117 m (207–384 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 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.

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

Geography

Surcamps is situated 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Amiens, on the D216e road, by the side of the old Roman road, the Chaussée Brunehaut.

Population

Historical population of Surcamps
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population60678273645669
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • The nineteenth century church
  • Traces of Gallo-Roman settlements
  • The wood of Coroy, where the well-preserved remains of a Nazi V1 rocket launch site is situated. Built by French prisoners in the summer of 1943, it was bombed 12 times by the Allies from December 1943 until April 1944.[1]

See also

References

  1. Source : Quotidien Le Courrier Picard, édition de la Somme, du 4 novembre 2007.

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