Longueau

Longueau
Commune
Coat of arms
Longueau
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Longueau
Coordinates: 49°52′15″N 2°21′25″E / 49.8708°N 2.3569°E / 49.8708; 2.3569Coordinates: 49°52′15″N 2°21′25″E / 49.8708°N 2.3569°E / 49.8708; 2.3569
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Amiens-4
Intercommunality	Amiens Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Joël Brunet
Area1	3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	5,246
• Density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	80489 /80330
Elevation	23–64 m (75–210 ft) (avg. 28 m or 92 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.

Longueau is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Longueau is situated 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Amiens, a suburb just by the airport, on the N29 road

Population

Places of interest

The town was once a railway centre. The reinforced concrete depot, now a registered historic monument is one of four designed by Bernard Lafaille between the two world wars.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department
• Gare de Longueau

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Longueau.

• Longueau on the Quid website (in French)