Méaulte
Appearance
Méaulte | |
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Airbus Beluga no.1 at the Albert-Picardie airport | |
Coordinates: 49°58′56″N 2°39′39″E / 49.9822°N 2.6608°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Somme |
Arrondissement | Péronne |
Canton | Albert |
Intercommunality | Pays du Coquelicot |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Jean-Michel Fournier[1] |
Area 1 | 10.75 km2 (4.15 sq mi) |
Population (2021)[2] | 1,266 |
• Density | 120/km2 (310/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 80523 /80300 |
Elevation | 42–112 m (138–367 ft) (avg. 86 m or 282 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Méaulte (French pronunciation: [meolt]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
[edit]The commune is situated on the D329 road, some 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Amiens.
Population
[edit]Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 1,048 | — |
1975 | 1,022 | −0.36% |
1982 | 1,074 | +0.71% |
1990 | 1,259 | +2.01% |
1999 | 1,254 | −0.04% |
2007 | 1,316 | +0.61% |
2012 | 1,312 | −0.06% |
2017 | 1,254 | −0.90% |
Source: INSEE[3] |
Personalities
[edit]- Henry Potez (1891–1981), aeroplane maker, was born in Méaulte. He built a factory here and began making Potez aeroplanes in 1924.
Today, the factory is part of the pan-European group Airbus
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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