Forest-Montiers

Forest-Montiers
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Abbeville-1
Community association	Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Coordinates	50 ° 15 ′  N , 1 ° 45 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 15 ′  N , 1 ° 45 ′  E
height	4–44 m
surface	10.22 km 2
Residents	399 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	39 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	80120
INSEE code	80332

Forest-Montiers ( Flemish : Vorst Munster ) is a French municipality with 399 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the Arrondissement Abbeville and the canton Abbeville-1 .

history

The Benedictine -Abtei Forest Montier was founded in the 7th century. Charles de Valois-Angoulême, duc d'Orléans, died here on September 9, 1545 .

Population development

• 1962: 379
• 1968: 394
• 1975: 372
• 1982: 347
• 1990: 336
• 1999: 374
• 2012: 420

Saint Martin Church

Web links

Commons : Forest-Montiers  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969