Drucat

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Coordinates: 50°08′37″N 1°52′19″E / 50.1436111111, 1.87194444444

Commune of Drucat
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Canton d'Abbeville-Nord
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de l'Abbevillois
Mayor	M. Henri Gauret (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	6 m–81 m (avg. 26 m)
Land area¹	10,84 km²
Population² (1999)	861
- Density	79/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80260/ 80132
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.

Drucat is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 History 4 Places of interest 5 People with links to the commune 6 See also 7 External links 8 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated on the D82e road, some 4 miles northeast of Abbeville.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
503	504	733	841	890	861
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] History

There was a station on the Réseau des Bains de Mer, called Plessiel-Drucat, which opened on 19 June 1892 and closed on 10 March 1947.

[edit] Places of interest

• Saint Martin’s church.
• The recently-restored chapel.
• Plessiel water-tower

[edit] People with links to the commune

• The composer Jean-François Lesueur (1760-1837) was born at Plessiel, a hamlet within the commune of Drucat. The village hall is named in his honour.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department
Réseau des Bains de Mer

[edit] External links

• Drucat on the Insee website (French)
• Drucat on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the original and the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 28th 2008.