Feuquières

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Feuquières
Feuquières (France)
Feuquières
region Hauts-de-France
Department Oise
Arrondissement Beauvais
Canton Grandvilliers
Community association Picardy Verte
Coordinates 49 ° 39 ′  N , 1 ° 51 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 39 ′  N , 1 ° 51 ′  E
height 168-211 m
surface 12.24 km 2
Residents 1,404 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 115 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 60960
INSEE code

Station building

Feuquières is a French commune with 1,404 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Oise in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement of Beauvais and the Canton of Grandvilliers .

geography

The railway line runs through the municipality from Aumale (Seine-Maritime) via Abancourt and Grandvilliers to Beauvais with a stop (formerly Feuquières-Broquiers station). In 1918, a military railway line was opened to Ponthoile in the Somme department , but it was dismantled after the end of the First World War .

economy

The most important local company is the Saverglass glass factory .

Population development

year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2007
Residents 1158 1238 1524 1561 1397 1552 1571

Attractions

  • Notre-Dame Church (13th century)
  • Notre-Dame chapel
  • Notre-Dame-du-Bon-Secours chapel

Web links

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