Saint-Léger-sur-Bresle

Saint-Léger-sur-Bresle
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Poix-de-Picardy
Community association	Somme Sud-Ouest
Coordinates	49 ° 52 '  N , 1 ° 43'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 52 '  N , 1 ° 43'  E
height	71-179 m
surface	1.09 km 2
Residents	81 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	74 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	80140
INSEE code	80707
Town hall (mairie)

Saint-Léger-sur-Bresle ( Picard : Saint-LGE-su-Brele ) is a northern French municipality with 81 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 Amiens (since 2009) and is part of the Communauté de communes Somme Sud-Ouest and the canton of Poix-de-Picardie .

geography

The small community of more than twelve kilometers southwest of Oisemont and south of Senarpont between the river Bresle and the Forêt d'Arguel at the following the valley of the Bresle department road D316 branching department road D246 that the place with the lying on the opposite bank of the Bresle Hodeng -au-Bosc in the Seine-Maritime department . The railway line from Aumale to Le Tréport runs on the other side of the Bresle outside the municipality.

history

The community was named Saint-Léger-le-Pauvre until 1956.

Residents

Development of the population

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
40	46	52	34	51	57	75	85

Attractions

• Saint-Léger church
• Hydroelectric power plant with fish ladder on the Bresle

Saint-Léger church

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://eptb-bresle.com/2-presentation-de-l-eptb/84-les-travaux-en-cours-sur-le-bassin-de-la-bresle.html

Web links

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