Drucat

Drucat
Coat of arms
Drucat
Location within Picardy region Drucat
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Abbeville-Nord
Intercommunality	L'Abbevillois
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Henri Gauret
Area1	10.84 km2 (4.19 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	914
• Density	84/km2 (220/sq mi)
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. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Drucat is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

Drucat is situated on the D82e road, some 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Abbeville.

Population

Historical population of Drucat

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	503	504	733	841	890	861	914
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

History

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

• Saint Martin’s church.
• The recently restored chapel.
• Plessiel water-tower

Personalities

• 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

• Communes of the Somme department
• Réseau des Bains de Mer

References

• INSEE

External links

• Drucat on the Quid website (French)