Longueau

Longueau (French pronunciation: [lɔ̃ɡo]; Picard: Londjeu) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Longueau
Commune
The town hall of Longueau in 2019
Coat of arms
Location of Longueau
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Coordinates: 49°52′15″N 2°21′25″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Amiens-4
Intercommunality	Amiens Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Pascal Ourdouillé[1]
Area 1	3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	5,726
• Density	1,700/km2 (4,300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80489 /80330
Elevation	23–64 m (75–210 ft) (avg. 28 m or 92 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Longueau is situated 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Amiens, a suburb just by the airport, on the N29 road. Longueau station has rail connections to Amiens, Creil, Arras, Lille, Compiègne and Paris.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	5,485	—
1975	5,598	+0.29%
1982	5,309	−0.75%
1990	4,940	−0.90%
1999	5,220	+0.61%
2007	5,267	+0.11%
2012	5,751	+1.77%
2017	5,621	−0.46%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

The town was once a railway centre. The reinforced concrete depot, now a registered historic monument is one of four designed by Bernard Lafaille between the two world wars.

Longeau hosts a British military cemetery containing 204 Commonwealth war dead, primarily from the First World War.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department