Tours-en-Vimeu
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville | |
| Canton | Abbeville-2 | |
| Community association | Vimeu | |
| Coordinates | 50 ° 2 ′ N , 1 ° 41 ′ E | |
| height | 60-116 m | |
| surface | 13.39 km 2 | |
| Residents | 818 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 61 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80210 | |
| INSEE code | 80765 | |
.JPG) Tower of the Saint-Maxent church |
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Tours-en-Vimeu ( Picard : Tour-in-Vimeu ) is a northern French municipality with 818 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 du Vimeu and the canton of Abbeville-2 .
geography
The community on the Vimeu plateau extends in the southeast to the A28 autoroute . It includes the districts of Houdent, Corroy, Hamicourt and Longuemort.
history
In the middle of the 18th century, a bust of Cybele was found in the municipality . Further excavations uncovered a fanum .
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 |
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| 692 | 660 | 594 | 622 | 736 | 722 | 850 | 876 |
administration
Mayor ( maire ) has been Olivier Blondel since 2010.
Attractions
- Saint-Maxent Church
- War memorial
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Web links
Commons : Tours-en-Vimeu - collection of images, videos and audio files
