Ablaincourt Pressoir
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Péronne | |
| Canton | Ham | |
| Community association | Terre de Picardie | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 50 ′ N , 2 ° 49 ′ E | |
| height | 67-88 m | |
| surface | 9.46 km 2 | |
| Residents | 266 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 28 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80320 | |
| INSEE code | 80002 | |
Ablaincourt-Pressoir ( Picard Ablaincourt-pressor ) is a North French community with 266 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality belongs to the canton of Ham and is part of the Communauté de communes Terre de Picardie .
geography
The municipality that emerged from the merger of the two municipalities of Ablaincourt and Pressoir in 1966 is located around three kilometers north of Chaulnes in the Santerre . Autoroute A29 and Autoroute A1 intersect in the municipality . In the north-south direction the community is crossed by the high-speed rail line of the LGV Nord , the TGV Haute-Picardie station , the so-called "sugar beet station", is located directly outside the municipality, mainly on the territory of the neighboring municipality of Estrées-Deniécourt . In the south, the municipality extends to the municipality of Chaulnes. A wind farm (parc éolien) is located on the western edge of the municipality . The former hamlet of Bovent no longer exists.
history
Ablaincourt is first mentioned in 1044 under the name Habelinicurt. In 1215 Jean I de Nesle owned a permanent castle here. In 1648 the de Blattepière family ceded the estate to the Mathieu family.
During the First World War , Ablaincourt and Pressoir were completely destroyed in the Battle of the Somme .
The municipalities received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 as an award .
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 |
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| 193 | 224 | 194 | 185 | 206 | 227 | 258 | 265 |
administration
Mayor (maire) has been Dany Domont since 2008.
Personalities
- Éloi Driencourt, advisor to Queen Maria Leszczyńska , born in Bovent.
- Jean-Louis Rambour, poet, lives in Ablaincourt-Pressoir.
- Reinhard Sorge (1892–1916), German poet, died on July 20, 1916 at a first aid station in Ablaincourt and was buried in the Vermandovillers military cemetery.
