Nouvion

For other places with the same name, see Nouvion (disambiguation).

Nouvion
Nouvion
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Nouvion
Intercommunality	Canton of Nouvion-en-Ponthieu
Mayor	Christian Berthe (2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation	7–55 m (23–180 ft) (avg. 7 m/23 ft)
Land area1	15.73 km2 (6.07 sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80598/ 80860
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Coordinates: 50°12′46″N 1°46′29″E / 50.21278°N 1.77472°E / 50.21278; 1.77472

Nouvion (or sometimes Nouvion-en-Ponthieu) is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

Nouvion is situated 10 miles (16 km) north of Abbeville, between the Somme estuary and the forest of Crécy, on the N1 national road junction with the departmental road D111.

Railway

Nouvion had a station on the Noyelles - Forest-l'Abbaye branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer. It opened on 24 August 1892, and closed on 10 March 1947, although the line itself remained open for freight until 1 February 1951.

Media

Nouvion features as the name of the French town in which the BBC TV series 'Allo 'Allo! is set. The filming was however never made in the town, but in Norfolk.

Demography

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
906	1026	1004	1102	1232	1210	1268
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• The community of communes of Nouvion-en-Pothieu (French)
• Quid town profile (French)
• Position of Nouvion on the map of France (French)
• Nouvion on Mapquest (French)