Proyart
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Péronne | |
| Canton | Ham | |
| Community association | Terre de Picardie | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 53 ' N , 2 ° 42' E | |
| height | 32-93 m | |
| surface | 9.86 km 2 | |
| Residents | 695 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 70 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80340 | |
| INSEE code | 80644 | |
 The war memorial |
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Proyart (Picard: Proéyart) is a French municipality with 695 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality belongs to the canton of Ham and is part of the Communauté de communes Terre de Picardie .
geography
The municipality is located around 6.5 km south of Bray-sur-Somme in the Santerre . The municipality extends in the north to the left bank of the Somme and in the south to the D1029 départemental road (part of the system of the Chaussée Brunehaut ) from Amiens to Saint-Quentin . The hamlet of Bois-la-haut belongs to Proyart.
history
Proyart was the scene of combat operations in World War I from August 10 to 12, 1918, in which Australian troops were also involved.
The community received the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 as an award .
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 |
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| 501 | 527 | 513 | 509 | 514 | 522 | 585 | 637 |
administration
Mayor (maire) has been Jean-Claude Louvet since 2008.
Attractions
- War memorial (Monument aux morts)
- lock
- The German military cemetery with 4644 burials from the First World War is looked after by the Volksbund Deutsche Kriegsgräberfürsorge .
