Bougainville, Somme

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Bougainville
Commune
The Bougainville wind farm
The Bougainville wind farm
Location of Bougainville
Bougainville is located in France
Bougainville
Bougainville
Coordinates: 49°52′15″N 2°02′34″E / 49.8708°N 2.0428°E / 49.8708; 2.0428Coordinates: 49°52′15″N 2°02′34″E / 49.8708°N 2.0428°E / 49.8708; 2.0428
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentSomme
ArrondissementAmiens
CantonAilly-sur-Somme
IntercommunalityCC Somme Sud-Ouest
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Gérard Celisse
Area
1
10.21 km2 (3.94 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
435
 • Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
80119 /80540
Elevation54–128 m (177–420 ft)
(avg. 119 m or 390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bougainville is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. It is named for explorer Louis Antoine de Bougainville.

Geography[]

Bougainville is situated on the D141 road, some 15 miles (24 km) west of Amiens.

Population[]

Historical population of Bougainville, Somme
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population353358374406413409485
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest[]

  • Church of Saint-Arnould (18th century)
  • Traces of a Gallo-Roman villa.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.

External links[]



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