Quevauvillers

Quevauvillers is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Quevauvillers
The church in Quevauvillers
Location of Quevauvillers
Quevauvillers
Quevauvillers
Coordinates: 49°49′27″N 2°05′05″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentSomme
ArrondissementAmiens
CantonAilly-sur-Somme
IntercommunalityCC Somme Sud-Ouest
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Guy Debureaux
Area
1
8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
1,102
  Density120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
80656 /80710
Elevation95–157 m (312–515 ft)
(avg. 139 m or 456 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Quevauvillers is situated on the N29 road, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Amiens.

Population

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
648715783921104610541034
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

History

The village of Quevauvillers first appears in Roman times as Equitum villa (residence of the riders) and would haver been a staging post on the Roman road from Amiens to Rouen.
During the wars with the Normans near the end of the first millennium, the village was completely destroyed.

Personalities

Jean-Pierre Pernaut, television reporter, spent his childhood here.

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See also

References

  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.


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