Estrées-Deniécourt
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Péronne | |
| Canton | Ham | |
| Community association | Terre de Picardie | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 53 ' N , 2 ° 49' E | |
| height | 69-85 m | |
| surface | 6.45 km 2 | |
| Residents | 330 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 51 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80200 | |
| INSEE code | 80288 | |
Estrées-Deniécourt (Picard: etree-Dgnincourt) is a northern French municipality with 330 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 , whose administration is based here.
geography
The municipality , which emerged from the municipal parts Estrées (originated from the Latin strata - street) and Deniécourt , is located around 10 km southwest of Péronne in the Santerre . The municipality is bounded in the east by the A1 Autoroute , whose junction no.13 leads to Départementsstraße 1029 (formerly Route nationale 29 , part of the Chaussée Brunehaut system ) which crosses the municipality in a west-east direction . The LGV Nord high-speed rail line runs parallel to the car route ; the TGV Haute-Picardie train station , the so-called "sugar beet train station", is mainly located on the territory of the municipality.
history
During the First World War , the municipality was the scene of heavy fighting during the Battle of the Somme in the summer of 1916.
The community received the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 as an award .
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 |
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| 272 | 255 | 285 | 253 | 252 | 245 | 275 | 321 |
administration
Mayor (maire) has been Pascal Vanysacker since 2001.
Personalities
- Raynal Bolling, American colonel, the first senior officer to fall in France during World War I, died in Estrées-Deniécourt on March 26, 1918
