Huppy

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Coordinates: 50°01′35″N 1°46′00″E / 50.0263888889, 1.76666666667

Commune of Huppy
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Hallencourt
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de la Région d'Hallencourt
Mayor	Jean-Marie Lepage (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	60 m–113 m (avg. 98 m)
Land area¹	10,81 km²
Population² (1999)	694
- Density	64/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80446/ 80140
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.

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

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

[edit] Geography

Situated at the junction of the D25 and D13 roads, some 7 miles south-southwest of Abbeville. The A28 autoroute is less than 1 mile away. Àt 100 metres altitude on the limestone plateau of the old region of the Vimeu. The land is fertile and well-watered. Electricity generating turbines now stand in the fields where once wind-mills stood.

[edit] Places of interest

• The Château

In 1940, during World War II, the château of Huppy became the headquarters of General De Gaulle, commanding officer (as a colonel) of the 4th Division de Cuirassé, during the battle of Abbeville (28th – 31st May).
A bust in memorial to the General is placed in the village square.
A commemorative monument about the battle has been built at the western entrance to the village.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1921	1926	1931	1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
774	754	740	701	608	600	614	631	579	592	590	694
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Official Huppy website (French)
• The communes of Hallencourt (French)
• Huppy on the Insee website (French)
• Huppy on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 20th 2008.