Forest-l'Abbaye

Forest-l'Abbaye
Forest-l'Abbaye
Location within Picardy region Forest-l'Abbaye
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Nouvion
Intercommunality	Nouvion-en-Ponthieu
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Albert Levoir
Area1	3.3 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	317
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80331 / 80150
Elevation	29–63 m (95–207 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 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.

Forest-l'Abbaye is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D105 road, on the edge of the forest of Crécy, 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Abbeville.

History

There was a station on the Réseau des Bains de Mer located on the line from Abbeville to Dompierre-sur-Authie, opened on 19 June 1892. Forest-l'Abbaye was the junction for the branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer to Noyelles-sur-Mer, which opened on 24 August 1892. The station and both lines closed to passengers on 10 March 1947. The line to Abbeville closed to freight on that date, but the line to Noyelles remained open to freight until 1 February 1951.

Population

Historical population of Forest-l'Abbaye

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	340	356	322	290	307	306	317
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
• Réseau des Bains de Mer

References

• INSEE

External links

• Forest-l'Abbaye on the Quid website (French)