Rosières-en-Santerre

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Coordinates: 49°48′54″N 2°42′11″E / 49.815, 2.70305555556

Commune of Rosières-en-Santerre
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Canton de Rosières-en-Santerre (chef-lieu)
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Santerre
Mayor	M. José Sueur (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	70 m–106 m (avg. 91 m)
Land area¹	12,98 km²
Population² (1 999)	2 956
- Density	227/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80680/ 80170
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.

Rosières-en-Santerre is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 Places of interest 4 Twinned with 5 See also 6 External links 7 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated some 20 miles southeast of Amiens, at the junction of the D28 and D329 roads

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
2381	2605	2815	2985	3107	2956
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The mairie

• The church

[edit] Twinned with

Drochtersen, Germany since 1972

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Rosières-en-Santerre – Official website (French)
• Rosières-en-Santerre on the Insee website (French)
• Rosières-en-Santerre on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 18th 2008.