Surcamps

Surcamps
The old Roman road
Surcamps
Location within Picardy region  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	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Domart-en-Ponthieu
Intercommunality	Val de Nièvre et environs
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Lucien Carle
Area1	2.97 km2 (1.15 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	69
• 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 located in the Somme department, Picardie, 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

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

• Communes of the Somme department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Surcamps.

• Surcamps on the Quid website (French)
• INSEE