Quevauvillers

Quevauvillers
Quevauvillers
Location within Hauts-de-France region Quevauvillers
Coordinates: 49°49′27″N 2°05′05″E / 49.8242°N 2.0847°E / 49.8242; 2.0847Coordinates: 49°49′27″N 2°05′05″E / 49.8242°N 2.0847°E / 49.8242; 2.0847
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Molliens-Dreuil
Intercommunality	Sud-Ouest Amiénois
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Guy Debureaux
Area¹	8.82 km² (3.41 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	1,034
• Density	120/km² (300/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	80656 / 80710
Elevation	95–157 m (312–515 ft) (avg. 139 m or 456 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Quevauvillers is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Quevauvillers is situated on the N29 road, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Amiens.

Population

Population history
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
648	715	783	921	1046	1054	1034
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

History

The village of Quevauvillers first appears in Roman times as Equitum villa (residence of the riders) and would haver been a staging post on the Roman road from Amiens to Rouen.
During the wars with the Normans near the end of the first millennium, the village was completely destroyed.

Personalities

Jean-Pierre Pernaut, television reporter, spent his childhood here.

References

INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Quevauvillers.

Quevauvillers on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Somme department

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