Friville-Escarbotin

Friville-Escarbotin
Commune
The town hall in Friville-Escarbotin
Coat of arms
Friville-Escarbotin Location within Hauts-de-France region Friville-Escarbotin
Coordinates: 50°05′29″N 1°33′02″E / 50.0914°N 1.5506°E / 50.0914; 1.5506Coordinates: 50°05′29″N 1°33′02″E / 50.0914°N 1.5506°E / 50.0914; 1.5506
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Friville-Escarbotin
Intercommunality	CC Vimeu
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Claude Guerandelle
Area1	8.86 km2 (3.42 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	4,653
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80368 /80130
Elevation	55–112 m (180–367 ft) (avg. 95 m or 312 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.

Friville-Escarbotin (French pronunciation: ​[fʁivil‿ɛskaʁbɔˈtɛ̃]; Picard: Freuvile-Ésquérbotin) ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D2 and D229 crossroads, 21 kilometres (13 mi) west of Abbeville.

Monuments

The monument aux morts in this commune features sculptural work by Albert-Dominique Roze. A montage of photographs of this work is shown below.

A montage of photographs of the monument aux morts at Friville-Escarbotin

Population

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Friville-Escarbotin.

• Official municipal website (in French)
• Friville-Escarbotin on the Quid website (in French)
• Monument aux Morts (Western Somme) -An article in English on the Monument aux morts of the Western Somme