Soyécourt

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Coordinates: 49°51′47″N 2°47′46″E / 49.8630555556, 2.79611111111

Commune of Soyécourt
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Chaulnes
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Haute Picardie
Mayor	Luc Maille (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	65 m–87 m (avg. 92 m)
Land area¹	5,16 km²
Population² (1999)	204
- Density	39/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80741/ 80200
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.

Soyécourt 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 some 15 miles east of Amiens, on the D79 road, less than a mile from the A29 autoroute.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
169	191	150	169	185	204
Census count starting from 1962 Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• St.Martial’s church: The church of Soyécourt was destroyed during the First World War. The 12th century font is all that remains of the old church in the replacement building.
• Wallieux wood: The wood of Wallieux is a World War I site and is part of the Circuit of Memory of the First World War. This wood remains pock-marked by shell holes and war tunnels.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

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

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 3rd 2008.