Quevauvillers

Quevauvillers
Quevauvillers

Coordinates: 49°49′27″N 2°05′05″E / 49.8242°N 2.0847°E / 49.8242; 2.0847Coordinates: 49°49′27″N 2°05′05″E / 49.8242°N 2.0847°E / 49.8242; 2.0847
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Somme
Arrondissement Amiens
Canton Molliens-Dreuil
Intercommunality Sud-Ouest Amiénois
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Guy Debureaux
Area1 8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 1,034
 • Density 120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
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.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Geography

Quevauvillers is situated on the N29 road, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Amiens.

Population

Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
648 715 783 921 1046 1054 1034
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

History

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

Jean-Pierre Pernaut, television reporter, spent his childhood here.

See also

References

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