Feuquières-en-Vimeu
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville | |
| Canton | Gamaches | |
| Community association | Vimeu | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 4 ′ N , 1 ° 36 ′ E | |
| height | 88-121 m | |
| surface | 7.99 km 2 | |
| Residents | 2,570 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 322 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80210 | |
| INSEE code | 80308 | |
| Website | http://www.feuquieres-en-vimeu.a3w.fr/ | |
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Church of the Assumption |
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Feuquières-en-Vimeu ( Picard : Feutchére-in-Vimeu ) is a northern French municipality with 2570 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 du Vimeu and the canton of Gamaches .
geography
The heavily industrialized community in Vimeu , whose area is traversed in an east-west direction by the railway line from Abbeville to Eu (with two stops on the municipality), is located around five kilometers east-southeast of Friville-Escarbotin . The industrial areas are mainly on both sides of the railway line towards Fressenneville (Zone d'Activités du Vimeu Industriel and Zone d'Activités du Moulin).
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| 2082 | 2249 | 2617 | 2499 | 2428 | 2370 | 2464 | 2499 |
administration
Mayor ( maire ) has been Bernard Davergne ( Parti socialiste (France) ) since 2001 .
Attractions
- Church of the Assumption ( Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption )