Beauquesne

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Coordinates: 50°05′07″N 2°23′33″E / 50.08528, 2.3925

Commune of Beauquesne
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Doullens
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Doullennais
Mayor	François DURIEUX (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	98 m–164 m (avg. 144 m)
Land area¹	20,04 km²
Population² (1999)	1176
- Density	58/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80070/ 80600
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Beauquesne is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France. The name comes from the Picard for the oak tree, ‘quesne’

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 See also 4 External Links

[edit] Geography

Situated at the junction of the D23 and the D31 roads, 17 miles to the north of Amiens

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
1242	1265	1194	1139	1147	1176
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External Links

(All French language)

• Beauquesne sur le site de l'Institut géographique national
• Beauquesne sur le site de l'Insee
• Beauquesne sur le site du Quid
• Localisation de Beauquesne sur une carte de France et communes limitrophes
• Plan de Beauquesne sur Mapquest
• Beauquesne sur le site de la Communauté de Communes du Doullennais
• Portail du Syndicat Mixte des Vals d'Authie, Nièvre et Somme Doullens and the surrounding area.
• Site du Syndicat Mixte des Vals d'Authie, Nièvre et Somme

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on January 17th, 2008.