Prouzel

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

Prouzel
Commune
The railway station in Prouzel
Location of Prouzel
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Coordinates: 49°48′59″N 2°12′15″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Ailly-sur-Noye
Intercommunality	CC Somme Sud-Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Audouin De l'Epine
Area ^1	5.19 km^2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	552
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80643 /80160
Elevation	38–129 m (125–423 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Prouzel is situated on the D8b road, some 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Amiens, near the banks of the river Selle.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
306	352	384	399	502	503	align=center
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• sixteenth-century church of Notre-Dame de la Nativité, with baptismal fonts from the twelfth century
• 17th-century château
• The ‘Coulée verte’ (en: ’Green Trail’). When the local railway closed in 1939, the derelict line was eventually converted into a pleasant nature trail.
• 18th-century pigeon house

Personalities

Gabriel Ferez, a student from Prouzel, was murdered in south London in June 2008.[2]

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. BBC News: "French village grieves for murdered son"