Bouzincourt

Bouzincourt
Commune
The church in Bouzincourt
Bouzincourt Location within Hauts-de-France region Bouzincourt
Coordinates: 50°01′38″N 2°36′45″E / 50.0272°N 2.6125°E / 50.0272; 2.6125Coordinates: 50°01′38″N 2°36′45″E / 50.0272°N 2.6125°E / 50.0272; 2.6125
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Pays du Coquelicot
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Michel Thorelle
Area1	8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	541
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80129 /80300
Elevation	67–134 m (220–440 ft) (avg. 106 m or 348 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.

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

The name Bouzincourt is derived from the words for forest (bosquet) and the typical Picardy village suffix '-court' . It was therefore a wooded village.

Geography

Bouzincourt is situated on the junction of the D938 and D20 roads, some 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Amiens.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Honore was destroyed during World War I but reconstructed in 1920 in the shape of a bullet. The tower is 36m high.
• The stained-glass windows were restored by l'École de Nancy, and are worthy of attention.
• The ‘muches’, man-made tunnels where the population hid during times of war.

Population

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bouzincourt.

(All French language)

• Official site
• Bouzincourt on the Quid site (in French)