Port-le-Grand
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville | |
| Canton | Abbeville-1 | |
| Community association | Ponthieu-Marquenterre | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 9 ′ N , 1 ° 45 ′ E | |
| height | 2-64 m | |
| surface | 11.28 km 2 | |
| Residents | 283 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 25 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80132 | |
| INSEE code | 80637 | |
| Website | http://www.cc-nouvion.fr/public/?code=port-le-grand | |
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Port-le-Grand ( Picard : Port-l'Grand ) is a northern French municipality with 283 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 municipality is located on the departmental road D40 and the Paris - Boulogne-sur-Mer railway below Abbeville and the municipality of Grand-Laviers and above Noyelles-sur-Mer on the right (northern) bank of the Somme . The municipality includes the districts of Bonance, Les Tilleuls, Le Moulin and Blanquetaque (the Canal de la Somme (Canal maritime d'Abbeville à Saint-Valery) runs outside the municipality, the hamlets of Petit Port and Les Amourettes are still to the right of the canal, but already belong to the municipality of Saigneville ). Today the Somme and Canal can be crossed on the D86, the canal on a swing bridge.
history
The place was already settled in the Bronze Age. In the vita of St. Austreberta , who entered the monastery here around 650, he is mentioned as Portus Icius. Below Port-le-Grand, the Gué de Blanquetaque ford crossed the Somme until the Somme Canal was created in 1786 . A ferry is also mentioned.
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| 282 | 270 | 275 | 272 | 332 | 312 | 302 | 283 |
Attractions
- Saint-Honoré church
- War memorial
Personalities
- Saint Honorius of Amiens (died around 600) is said to have been born in Port-le-Grand .
