Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy
| Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy | |
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Notre Dame church | |
  Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy | |
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Location within Picardy region  Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy | |
| Coordinates: 50°06′14″N 1°53′25″E / 50.1039°N 1.8903°ECoordinates: 50°06′14″N 1°53′25″E / 50.1039°N 1.8903°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville |
| Canton | Abbeville-Nord |
| Intercommunality | Abbevillois |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Edmond Petit |
| Area1 | 6.14 km2 (2.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 877 |
| • Density | 140/km2 (370/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80779 / 80132 |
| Elevation |
19–79 m (62–259 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 ft) |
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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. | |
Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated 2 miles (3 km) east of the centre of Abbeville, on the D153 road
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 607 | 640 | 734 | 856 | 889 | 830 | 877 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
Places of interest
The church of Notre Dame de l'Assomption, built at the top of a small hill, is in the Gothic style and dates from the fifteenth century. On a wall inside there’s a plaque dedicated to Nicolas du Moncel, seigneur of Vascongnes, who died in 1487. Like all churches dedicated to the Virgin, it is built with a noticeably narrow transept.
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