Feuquières-en-Vimeu

Feuquières-en-Vimeu
Commune
The school in Feuquières-en-Vimeu
Coat of arms
Location of Feuquières-en-Vimeu
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Coordinates: 50°03′43″N 1°36′21″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Gamaches
Intercommunality	CC Vimeu
Government
• Mayor (2021–2026)	Maryline Heckmann
Area 1	7.99 km2 (3.08 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	2,454
• Density	310/km2 (800/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80308 /80210
Elevation	88–121 m (289–397 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Feuquières-en-Vimeu (French pronunciation: [føkjɛʁ ɑ̃ vimø], literally Feuquières in Vimeu; Picard: Feutchére-in-Vimeu) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D229 and D48 junction, some 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Abbeville.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1806 1,232 —     1856 1,520 +0.42% 1906 1,862 +0.41% 1921 1,952 +0.32% 1936 1,983 +0.11% 1962 2,082 +0.19% 1968 2,249 +1.29%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1975 2,617 +2.19% 1982 2,499 −0.66% 1990 2,428 −0.36% 1999 2,370 −0.27% 2007 2,483 +0.58% 2012 2,496 +0.10% 2017 2,570 +0.59%
Source: EHESS and INSEE (1968-2017)

See also

• Communes of the Somme department