Drucat

Drucat (French pronunciation: [dʁyka]; Picard: Drucot ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Drucat
Commune
The town hall in Drucat
Coat of arms
Location of Drucat
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Coordinates: 50°08′37″N 1°52′19″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Abbeville-1
Intercommunality	CA Baie de Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Laurent Parsis[1]
Area 1	10.84 km2 (4.19 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	916
• Density	84.5/km2 (219/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80260 /80132
Elevation	6–81 m (20–266 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Drucat is situated on the D82e road, some 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Abbeville.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	504	—
1975	733	+5.50%
1982	841	+1.98%
1990	890	+0.71%
1999	861	−0.37%
2007	873	+0.17%
2012	864	−0.21%
2017	921	+1.29%
Source: INSEE[2]

History

There was a station on the Réseau des Bains de Mer, called Plessiel-Drucat, which opened on 19 June 1892 and closed on 10 March 1947.

Places of interest

• Saint Martin's church.
• The recently restored chapel.
• Plessiel water-tower

Personalities

• The composer Jean-François Lesueur (1760–1837) was born at Plessiel, a hamlet within the commune of Drucat. The village hall is named in his honour.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department
• Réseau des Bains de Mer