Croixrault

Croixrault
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Poix-de-Picardy
Community association	Somme Sud-Ouest
Coordinates	49 ° 48 ′ N , 2 ° 0 ′ E Coordinates: 49 ° 48 ′ N , 2 ° 0 ′ E
height	111-187 m
surface	8.96 km 2
Residents	434 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	48 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	80290
INSEE code	80227
	; Saint-Jean-Baptiste church

Croixrault ( Picard : Cloreu ) is a northern French municipality with 434 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality is located in the Arrondissement of Amiens , is part of the Communauté de communes Somme Sud-Ouest and belongs to the canton of Poix-de-Picardie .

geography

The municipality is located around 29 kilometers southwest of Amiens and two kilometers north of Poix-de-Picardie . It extends in the north to the A29 autoroute , which has a junction here. In Croixrault there is a protected beech tree (La canne du bois).

Residents

Development of the population
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
324	372	351	365	356	355	407	441

Personalities

In 1966, Henri-Marie Guilluy OSB founded a monastery for the disabled in Croixrault, from which further foundations resulted in a separate congregation, the generalate of which is located in Croixrault.

Web links

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