Verpillières

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Verpillières
Verpillières
Location within Picardy region Verpillières
Coordinates: 49°40′05″N 2°49′28″E / 49.6681°N 2.8244°E / 49.6681; 2.8244Coordinates: 49°40′05″N 2°49′28″E / 49.6681°N 2.8244°E / 49.6681; 2.8244
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Roye
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Philippe Haguet
Area
• Land¹	4.87 km² (1.88 sq mi)
Population (2006)
• Population²	179
• Population² Density	37/km² (95/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80790 / 80700
Elevation	74–85 m (243–279 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 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.

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

Geography

The commune is situated 32 miles (51 km) southeast of Amiens, on the D221e road, on the border with the department of Seine-Maritime.

Historical population of Verpillières
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	158	159	122	142	161	169	179
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

The seventeenth century church of Saint Martin's. Ruined during the First World War, restoration work began in 1926 and a new bell was christened in 1932.

Communes of the Somme department

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