Rambures

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Coordinates: 49°58′05″N 1°42′18″E / 49.968006, 1.704941

Commune of Rambures
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Gamaches
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du canton d'Oisemont
Mayor	Jean-Claude Gandon (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	122 m–181 m (avg. 139 m)
Land area¹	9,9 km²
Population² (1 999)	365
- Density	36/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80663/ 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.

Rambures 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 D180 and D110 crossroads, some 15 miles southwest of Abbeville. Apples of the variety named Rambour originated here.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
407	444	404	363	367	365
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The fr:Château de Rambures, an unusual fortress, being built almost entirely of bricks, the only example of its kind in Picardie.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

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

[edit] Notes

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