Forest-l'Abbaye

Forest-l'Abbaye
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Abbeville-1
Community association	Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Coordinates	50 ° 12 ′  N , 1 ° 49 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 12 ′  N , 1 ° 49 ′  E
height	29-63 m
surface	3.30 km 2
Residents	301 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	91 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	80150
INSEE code	80331
Website	http://www.cc-nouvion.fr/public/?code=Forest-l-Abbaye
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin

Forest-l'Abbaye ( Picard : FER l'Abbie ) is a northern French municipality with 301 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 Abbeville-1 .

geography

The community on the department road D105 to Crécy-en-Ponthieu is located in Ponthieu on the southern edge of the forest Forêt Domaniale de Crécy about twelve kilometers north of Abbeville and four kilometers east of Nouvion .

history

The Abbey of Saint-Riquier owned a house in Forest. In the 13th century the community was the seat of a Templar commando . The place was served from 1892 to 1951 by a secondary railway coming from Noyelles-sur-Mer .

Residents

Development of the population

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
372	356	322	290	307	306	314	314

administration

Mayor ( maire ) has been Daniel Wallet since 2008.

Attractions

• Nativité-de-la-Vierge church from the 12th century with a Romanesque choir section, classified as a monument historique in 1920

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Eglise de la Nativité de la Vierge in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

Commons : Forest-l'Abbaye  - collection of images, videos and audio files