Doingt

Doingt
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Péronne
Community association	Haute Somme
Coordinates	49 ° 51 ′  N , 2 ° 58 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 51 ′  N , 2 ° 58 ′  E
height	47-113 m
surface	8.61 km 2
Residents	1,427 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	166 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	80200
INSEE code	80240

Doingt ( Picard : doint) is a French municipality with 1427 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France in northern France. The municipality belongs to the canton of Péronne and is part of the Communauté de communes de la Haute Somme .

geography

Péronne-Flamicourt station under construction (1909)

The municipality is located in the southeast of the arrondissement capital (sous-préfecture) Péronne on the departmental roads D937 and D199. In the west, the municipality stretches to the Somme river , into which the Cologne flows, in the north it adjoins Péronne with the district of Flamicourt. In Flamicourt there was a station on the abandoned railway line from Saint-Just-en-Chaussée to Douai.

history

The community was completely destroyed in the First World War. She was awarded the Croix de guerre 1914–1918.

Attractions

• There is a military cemetery for fallen soldiers from the British Empire near Doingt.
• The Pierre de Gargantua or Finger des Gargantua is a 4 m high menhir with a circumference of 3 m. It lies between the D937 and the Bach Cologne and has been classified as a Monument historique since 1840 .

Population development

Development of the population

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
1,517	1,542	1,564	1,449	1,415	1,383	1,416

administration

Mayor ( Maire ) has been Michel Lamur since 2001.

Web links

Pierre de Gargantua in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

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