Quevauvillers (French pronunciation: [kəvovile]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Quevauvillers | |
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Coordinates: 49°49′27″N 2°05′05″E / 49.8242°N 2.0847°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Somme |
Arrondissement | Amiens |
Canton | Ailly-sur-Somme |
Intercommunality | CC Somme Sud-Ouest |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Dominique Dussuelle[1] |
Area 1 | 8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,102 |
• Density | 120/km2 (320/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 80656 /80710 |
Elevation | 95–157 m (312–515 ft) (avg. 139 m or 456 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Geography edit
Quevauvillers is situated on the N29 road, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Amiens.
Population edit
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 715 | — |
1975 | 783 | +1.31% |
1982 | 921 | +2.35% |
1990 | 1,046 | +1.60% |
1999 | 1,054 | +0.08% |
2007 | 1,030 | −0.29% |
2012 | 1,105 | +1.42% |
2017 | 1,102 | −0.05% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
History edit
The village of Quevauvillers first appears in Roman times as Equitum villa (residence of the riders) and would haver been a staging post on the Roman road from Amiens to Rouen.
During the wars with the Normans near the end of the first millennium, the village was completely destroyed.
Personalities edit
Jean-Pierre Pernaut, television reporter, spent his childhood here.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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