Éclusier-Vaux
Appearance
Éclusier-Vaux | |
---|---|
Coordinates: 49°56′16″N 2°47′16″E / 49.9378°N 2.7878°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Somme |
Arrondissement | Péronne |
Canton | Albert |
Intercommunality | Pays du Coquelicot |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Laëtitia Dehan[1] |
Area 1 | 6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 86 |
• Density | 14/km2 (35/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 80264 /80340 |
Elevation | 37–115 m (121–377 ft) (avg. 20 m or 66 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Éclusier-Vaux (Picard: Éclusier-Veux) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
[edit]Éclusier-Vaux is situated on the banks of the river Somme and just off the D1 road some 41 km (25 mi) east of Amiens.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
---|---|---|
1968 | 72 | — |
1975 | 59 | −2.80% |
1982 | 62 | +0.71% |
1990 | 56 | −1.26% |
1999 | 69 | +2.35% |
2007 | 90 | +3.38% |
2012 | 88 | −0.45% |
2017 | 81 | −1.64% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Notable people
[edit]- Marcelle Semmer (1895–c.1944) who was a decorated French resistance fighter living in Éclusier during World War I. She was awarded the Cross of the Legion of Honor and the Croix de Guerre.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
- ^ Edwards, George Wharton, The Unforgotten Maid of Eclusier. Travel. United States, Travel Magazine, Incorporated, 1918. p. 35
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Éclusier-Vaux.