Lanchères

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Lanchères
Lanchères (France)
Lanchères
region Hauts-de-France
Department Somme
Arrondissement Abbeville
Canton Friville escarbotin
Community association Baie de Somme
Coordinates 50 ° 10 ′  N , 1 ° 33 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 10 ′  N , 1 ° 33 ′  E
height 1-47 m
surface 16.39 km 2
Residents 915 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 56 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 80230
INSEE code 80464
Website cc-baiedesommesud.fr/lancheres

Church of the Nativity of the Virgin

Lanchères ( Picard : Lanchére ) is a northern French municipality with 915 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 canton of Friville-Escarbotin .

geography

Lanchères-Pendé station building

The municipality 6.5 kilometers southwest of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme extends from the Somme Bay east of the Pointe du Hourdel south inland to the first heights of the Vimeu . The eponymous capital is on the meter-gauge railway of the Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme from Noyelles-sur-Mer to Cayeux-sur-Mer . The districts (from the north) of Wathiéhurt, Herlicourt, L'Alleu and Poutrincourt belong to Lanchères.

Residents

Development of the population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
788 762 797 775 826 834 969 1002

administration

Mayor ( maire ) has been Yves Blondin since 2014.

Attractions

Maison de la Baie de Somme et de l'Oiseau
  • Church of the Nativity of the Virgin from the 16th century with a bell from 1520
  • Ruins of Poutrincourt Castle from the 15th century, registered as a monument historique in 1980
  • Lanchères castle from the 18th century with park
  • Maison de la Baie de Somme et de l'Oiseau near the Somme Bay

Personalities

  • Paul Vimereu, writer (1881–1962), spent his youth here.
  • Jules Dufrêne (1916–1991), Picard author, born in Watiéhurt.
  • Jean de Poutrincourt (1557-1615), founded Port-Royal in Acadia (now Nova Scotia , Canada) in 1605 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://clochers.org/Fichiers_HTML/Accueil/Accueil_clochers/80/accueil_80464.htm
  2. ↑ Ruines du château de Pourtricourt in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)

Web links

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