Agenville

Agenville
Agenville
Location within Picardy region Agenville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Bernaville
Intercommunality	Bernavillois
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Dany Petit
Area1	3.3 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	106
• Density	32/km2 (83/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80005 / 80370
Elevation	88–136 m (289–446 ft) (avg. 140 m or 460 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.

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

Geography

The commune is a village of mixed farming situated 25 km (16 mi) northeast of Abbeville on the D56 road.

Surrounded by the commons Domléger-Longvillers, Conteville and Prouville, Agenville is located 20 km north-east of Abbeville's largest city nearby.

History

Destroyed by the English at the time of the battle of Crecy in 1346 and rebuilt on a new site. Rebuilt after the bombardments of 1944, when 95% of the village was destroyed, as the V1 rocket site was nearby. Agenville was once a centre of a pilgrimage.

Demography

Historical population of Agenville

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2011
Population	99	103	95	89	84	91	106	111
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

• An Agenville website
• Agenville on the website of Quid
• Position of Agenville on the map of France
• Map of Agenville on Mapquest
• Portail du Syndicat Mixte des Vals d'Authie, Nièvre et Somme
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