Forceville
Appearance
Forceville | |
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The town hall in Forceville | |
Coordinates: 50°03′44″N 2°33′27″E / 50.0622°N 2.5575°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Somme |
Arrondissement | Péronne |
Canton | Albert |
Intercommunality | Pays du Coquelicot |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Claude Sauvage[1] |
Area 1 | 7.57 km2 (2.92 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 169 |
• Density | 22/km2 (58/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 80329 /80560 |
Elevation | 100–150 m (330–490 ft) (avg. 108 m or 354 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Forceville (French pronunciation: [fɔʁsəvil]; Picard: Fourville-in-Anmiénoé) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
[edit]Situated on the D938 road, some 20 miles (32 km) north-east of Amiens. On 18 December 1915 the 107th Company, Machine Gun Corps, was established here as part of the 36th (Ulster) Division.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 203 | — |
1975 | 199 | −0.28% |
1982 | 181 | −1.35% |
1990 | 182 | +0.07% |
1999 | 161 | −1.35% |
2007 | 167 | +0.46% |
2012 | 174 | +0.82% |
2017 | 175 | +0.11% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Places of interest
[edit]- The old railway line [4]
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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" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ "Source:Fcvnet". Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
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