Nouvion

Nouvion
Commune
The town hall in Nouvion

Coat of arms
Nouvion
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Nouvion
Coordinates: 50°12′46″N 1°46′29″E / 50.2128°N 1.7747°E / 50.2128; 1.7747Coordinates: 50°12′46″N 1°46′29″E / 50.2128°N 1.7747°E / 50.2128; 1.7747
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Somme
Arrondissement Abbeville
Canton Abbeville-1
Intercommunality CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Government
 • Mayor (2014–2020) Christian Berthe
Area1 15.73 km2 (6.07 sq mi)
Population (2010)2 1,241
 • Density 79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 80598 /80860
Elevation 7–55 m (23–180 ft)
(avg. 7 m or 23 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.

Nouvion (or sometimes Nouvion-en-Ponthieu) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Nouvion is situated 10 miles (16 km) north of Abbeville, between the Somme estuary and the forest of Crécy, on the D1001 (ex-N1 national) departmental road junction with the departmental road D111.

Railway

Nouvion had a station on the Noyelles - Forest-l'Abbaye branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer. It opened on 24 August 1892, and closed on 10 March 1947, although the line itself remained open for freight until 1 February 1951.

Media

Nouvion features as the name of the French town in which the BBC TV series 'Allo 'Allo! is set. The filming was however never done in the town, but in Norfolk.

Demography

Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
906102610041102123212101268
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

See also

References

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