Domqueur

Domqueur
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Rue
Community association	Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Coordinates	50 ° 7 '  N , 2 ° 4'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 7 '  N , 2 ° 4'  E
height	63-118 m
surface	8.37 km 2
Residents	311 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	37 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	80620
INSEE code	80249
The church

Domqueur ( Picard : Dontcheur ) is a northern French municipality with 311 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 Abbeville and is part of the Communauté de communes Ponthieu-Marquenterre and the canton of Rue .

geography

The municipality is located about 6 km northeast of Ailly-le-Haut-Clocher and 8.5 km northwest of Domart-en-Ponthieu on the D108 departmental road, which forms part of the system of the Chaussée Brunehaut . The hamlet of Le Plouis in the west with two castles and the Moulin Poire mill belong to the municipality.

history

Finds from Roman times and the proximity to the Chaussée Brunehaut indicate early settlement. Duroicoregum was a station on the Roman road from Amiens to Boulogne-sur-Mer . The foundations of a temple settlement were also discovered. The basement (muches) are dated to the clashes with Spain in the 17th century.

Phosphate mining was carried out in Domqueur.

Residents

Development of the population

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
329	326	276	261	243	262	267	297

Attractions

roman bridge

• Saint-Saturnin Church
• Souterrains (muches) with the Presbytère de Domqueur, registered as Monument historique in 1992
• War memorial
• roman bridge

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Église Saint-Sathurnin
2. ↑ Presbytère de Domqueur in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
3. ↑ Le pont Romain de Domqueur. sortie-nature-somme.fr, accessed April 4, 2014 (French). 

Web links

Commons : Domqueur  - collection of images, videos and audio files