Quend

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Quend
Quend (France)
Quend
region Hauts-de-France
Department Somme
Arrondissement Abbeville
Canton Rue
Community association Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Coordinates 50 ° 19 ′  N , 1 ° 38 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 19 ′  N , 1 ° 38 ′  E
height 2–29 m
surface 37.78 km 2
Residents 1,396 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 37 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 80120
INSEE code 80649

Beach in Quend-Plage

Quend (IPA: / kɛ /; Picard Tchin , dutch Kent ) is a northern commune with 1,396 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the Somme department in the region Picardieim 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 Rue .

geography

Steam tram from Quend-Plage and Fort-Mahon to the Quend-Plage terminus, around 1921

The municipality in the Marquenterre , located about five kilometers north-northwest of Rue , occupies the northern part of the coastline between the mouth of the Authie and the Somme , including the area of ​​the municipality of Fort-Mahon-Plage . The railway line from Amiens to Boulogne-sur-Mer runs in the east of the municipality. To Quend belong (from the east) the municipalities of La Gare, Le Vieux Quend, Hère, Froise, Monchaux, Routhiauville. La Dune Fleurie and Quend-Plage on the dune coast as well as numerous individual farms. The fine sand beach is 15 kilometers long. In the sea, the Parc Naturel marin des Estuaires Picards et de la Mer d'Opale connects to the coast.

The station is no longer served and the two small train lines have been shut down since 1934.

history

Finds show a Roman settlement. In 1515 the dikes were renewed. The historic municipality of Marquenterre was dissolved in 1791 and Quend became an independent municipality. 1923 Fort-Mahon-Plage was detached from the municipality and became an independent municipality.

Residents

Development of the population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
1353 1345 1315 1243 1209 1205 1376 1389

Attractions

Church in Quend-Plage
  • Saint-Vaast church in the center, used as a triangulation point in 1797
  • Notre-Dame-des-Pins church in Quend-Plage

Events

  • Film festival (Festival du film grolandais), irregular since 2005.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969
  2. ↑ http://clochers.org/Fichiers_HTML/Accueil/Accueil_clochers/80/accueil_80649.htm
  3. ↑ http://www.festival-quend-film-grolandais.blogspot.de/

Web links

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