Forest-Montiers

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Forest-Montiers
Forest-Montiers (France)
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

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