Bouzincourt

Bouzincourt
Bouzincourt
Location within Picardy region Bouzincourt
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Pays du Coquelicot
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Michel Thorelle
Area1	8.11 km2 (3.13 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	541
• Density	67/km2 (170/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80129 / 80300
Elevation	67–134 m (220–440 ft) (avg. 106 m or 348 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.

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

The name Bouzincourt is derived from the words for forest (bosquet) and the typical Picardy village suffix '-court' . It was therefore a wooded village.

Geography

Bouzincourt is situated on the junction of the D938 and D20 roads, some 18 miles (29 km) northeast of Amiens.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Honore was destroyed during World War I but reconstructed in 1920 in the shape of a bullet. The tower is 36m high.
• The stained-glass windows were restored by l'École de Nancy, and are worthy of attention.
• The ‘muches’, man-made tunnels where the population hid during times of war.

Population

Historical population of Bouzincourt

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	543	564	537	580	535	511	519
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

(All French language)

• Official site
• [1]
• Bouzincourt on the Quid site (French)