Estrées-lès-Crécy

For other places of the same name, see Estrées.

Estrées-lès-Crécy (French pronunciation: [ɛstʁe lɛ kʁesi], literally Estrées near Crécy; Picard: Étrèe-lès-Carcy) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Estrées-lès-Crécy
Commune
Location of Estrées-lès-Crécy
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Coordinates: 50°15′14″N 1°55′45″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Rue
Intercommunality	CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Isabelle Alexandre[1]
Area 1	11.19 km2 (4.32 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	397
• Density	35/km2 (92/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80290 /80150
Elevation	33–84 m (108–276 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D938 road, near the site of the Battle of Crecy, 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Abbeville.

Railway

There was a railway station (Crécy-Estrées) on the branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer which ran between Abbeville and Dompierre-sur-Authie. It opened on 19 June 1892 and closed to passengers on 10 March 1947. It closed to freight on 1 February 1951.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	406	—
1975	380	−0.94%
1982	358	−0.85%
1990	353	−0.18%
1999	362	+0.28%
2007	367	+0.17%
2012	393	+1.38%
2017	391	−0.10%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Somme department