Quevauvillers

Quevauvillers
Commune
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Coordinates: 49°49′27″N 2°05′05″E / 49.8242°N 2.0847°E / 49.8242; 2.0847Coordinates: 49°49′27″N 2°05′05″E / 49.8242°N 2.0847°E / 49.8242; 2.0847
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Ailly-sur-Somme
Intercommunality	CC Somme Sud-Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Dussuelle[1]
Area 1	8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2018)[2]	1,094
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80656 /80710
Elevation	95–157 m (312–515 ft) (avg. 139 m or 456 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Quevauvillers (French pronunciation: ​[kəvovile]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography[]

Quevauvillers is situated on the N29 road, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Amiens.

Population[]

History[]

The village of Quevauvillers first appears in Roman times as Equitum villa (residence of the riders) and would haver been a staging post on the Roman road from Amiens to Rouen.
During the wars with the Normans near the end of the first millennium, the village was completely destroyed.

Personalities[]

Jean-Pierre Pernaut, television reporter, spent his childhood here.

See also[]

• Communes of the Somme department

References[]

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