Drucat
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Drucat | |
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The town hall in Drucat | |
Coordinates: 50°08′37″N 1°52′19″E / 50.1436°N 1.8719°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Somme |
Arrondissement | Abbeville |
Canton | Abbeville-1 |
Intercommunality | CA Baie de Somme |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Laurent Parsis[1] |
Area 1 | 10.84 km2 (4.19 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 916 |
• Density | 85/km2 (220/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 80260 /80132 |
Elevation | 6–81 m (20–266 ft) (avg. 26 m or 85 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Drucat (French pronunciation: [dʁyka]; Picard: Drucot ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
[edit]Drucat is situated on the D82e road, some 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Abbeville.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 504 | — |
1975 | 733 | +5.50% |
1982 | 841 | +1.98% |
1990 | 890 | +0.71% |
1999 | 861 | −0.37% |
2007 | 873 | +0.17% |
2012 | 864 | −0.21% |
2017 | 921 | +1.29% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
History
[edit]There was a station on the Réseau des Bains de Mer, called Plessiel-Drucat, which opened on 19 June 1892 and closed on 10 March 1947.
Places of interest
[edit]- Saint Martin's church.
- The recently restored chapel.
- Plessiel water-tower
Personalities
[edit]- The composer Jean-François Lesueur (1760–1837) was born at Plessiel, a hamlet within the commune of Drucat. The village hall is named in his honour.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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