Feuquières-en-Vimeu

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.

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[1]
Area 1	7.99 km2 (3.08 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	2,432
• Density	300/km2 (790/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.

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[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Somme department