Dompierre-Becquincourt
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Péronne | |
| Canton | Ham | |
| Community association | Terre de Picardie | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 54 ' N , 2 ° 48' E | |
| height | 54-92 m | |
| surface | 11.05 km 2 | |
| Residents | 706 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 64 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80980 | |
| INSEE code | 80247 | |
Dompierre-Becquincourt (Picard: Dompierre-Béquincourt) is a northern French municipality with 706 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 in 1964 from the merger of the two municipalities of Dompierre-en-Santerre and Becquincourt is located around 10.5 km north of Chaulnes in the Santerre . The municipality extends to the north as far as the D1 département road from Péronne to Bray-sur-Somme ; the commune is intersected by the D71 and D164 (Route de Nesle ). It is the end point of the P'tit Train touristique de la Haute Somme , which runs on the substructure of the narrow-gauge field railway to the old sugar factory in Dompierre, which was initially built by the army on the battle of the Somme train . The isolated Bussu homestead belongs to the community.
Toponymy and History
The name Dompierre goes back to the Cluniac priory Domus Petri, mentioned in 1109 , which had been an agricultural property since 1383.
Dompierre received a school in 1689. In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/1871, the Prussian general August Karl von Goeben quartered in the rectory.
Becquincourt, whose original name (Bethornis curtis) goes back to the first landlord, was part of the county of Vermandois in the 12th century . It had a permanent castle that belonged to the d'Humières family and under Louis XIII. was destroyed. The place suffered from the Franco-Prussian War. Becquincourt Church was destroyed in 1916 and replaced by a new building after the war.
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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| 613 | 703 | 635 | 646 | 664 | 642 | 632 | 630 |
administration
Mayor (maire) has been Michel Macaclin since 2001.
Attractions
- Small tourist train P'tit Train touristique de la Haute Somme
- Churches of Dompierre and Becquincourt
- War memorial in Dompierre
- Military cemetery (Nécropole nationale)
- Old sugar factory
