Quevauvillers

Quevauvillers
Quevauvillers
Location within Picardy region Quevauvillers
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Molliens-Dreuil
Intercommunality	Sud-Ouest Amiénois
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Guy Debureaux
Area1	8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,034
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80656 / 80710
Elevation	95–157 m (312–515 ft) (avg. 139 m or 456 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.

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

Geography

Quevauvillers is situated on the N29 road, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Amiens.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
648	715	783	921	1046	1054	1034
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

History

The village of Quevauvillers first appears in Roman times as Equitum villa (residence of the riders) and would haver been a staging post on the Roman road from Amiens to Rouen.
During the wars with the Normans near the end of the first millennium, the village was completely destroyed.

Personalities

Jean-Pierre Pernaut, television reporter, spent his childhood here.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Quevauvillers on the Quid website (French)