Mareuil-Caubert
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville | |
| Canton | Abbeville-2 | |
| Community association | Baie de Somme | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 4 ′ N , 1 ° 50 ′ E | |
| height | 3–87 m | |
| surface | 9.08 km 2 | |
| Residents | 825 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 91 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80132 | |
| INSEE code | 80512 | |
 Saint-Christophe church and war memorial |
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Mareuil-Caubert ( Picard : Mareu-Cœubert ) is a northern French municipality with 825 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 d'agglomération de la Baie de Somme and the canton of Abbeville-2 .
geography
The municipality is located south of Abbeville on the left bank of the Somme , whose valley is interspersed with ponds, below Huchenneville . The municipality includes the districts of Le Cellier, Les Étangs, Caubert, Mareuil (both in the Somme valley on the slope edge) and the eastern part of Villers-sur-Mareuil.
history
A Roman camp stood on the Monts de Caubert.
During the Battle of Abbeville , fighting took place in the parish between May 28 and June 4, 1940.
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| 853 | 862 | 922 | 923 | 900 | 890 | 922 | 897 |
administration
Mayor ( maire ) has been Philippe Descamps since 2014.
Attractions
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- partly Romanesque church of Saint-Christophe, classified as a Monument Historique since 1908 , once priory of the Benedictine Abbey of Breteuil
- War memorial below the church
- Malta Cross
- Castles in Caubert and Mareuil, each on a hill
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eglise Saint-Christophe in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
