Coordinates: 49°46′36″N 1°59′07″E / 49.7766666667, 1.98527777778

Commune of Poix-de-Picardie
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Poix-de-Picardie
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Sud-Ouest Amiénois
Mayor	Jacky Petigny (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	94 m–190 m (avg. 106 m)
Land area¹	11,66 km²
Population² (1999)	2285
- Density	195/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80630/ 80290
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Poix-de-Picardie is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Situated at the junction of the N1 and N29 road, some 20 miles southwest of Amiens, at the bottom of a rather steep-sided valley, confined by Normandy to the south and Picardie to the north. The commune has rail access, linking with the Rouen / Amiens network via the TER.

Population

Places of interest

• The 16th century church of Saint-Denis’ priory. In flamboyant Gothic style, the base of the tower dates from the 12th century. Before becoming the parish church, it was the chapel of the château.
• Military cemetery. Containing the graves of 149 Second World War Commonwealth aircrew.

Panoramic view of the commune

Saint-Denis’ church

Church porch

The military cemetery.

The railway viaduct, destroyed during World War I

See also

Communes of the Somme department

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External links

• CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission pages (English)
• Tourist Office of Poix (French)
• Fiche Station Verte de Poix-de-Picardie (French)
• Poix-de-Picardie on the Insee website (French)
• Poix-de-Picardie on the Quid website (French)

Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 13th 2008.

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