Fontaine-sur-Somme

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Coordinates: 50°01′50″N 1°56′23″E / 50.0305555556, 1.93972222222

Commune of Fontaine-sur-Somme
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Hallencourt
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région d'Hallencourt
Mayor	Patrick Poliautre (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	7 m–102 m (avg. 11 m)
Land area¹	15,18 km²
Population² (1999)	469
- Density	30/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80328/ 80510
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.

Fontaine-sur-Somme is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 Places of interest 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated on the D3 road, some 10 miles southeast of Abbeville on the left bank of the river Somme.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
449	456	448	401	434	469
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church at Vieulaines
• Peter’s cross
• The lakes
• War memorial

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Fontaine-sur-Somme on the Insee website (French)
• Fontaine-sur-Somme on the Quid website (French)
• Website of the Intercommunity of Hallencourt

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 13th 2008.