- Pont-Noyelles
French commune|name= Pont-Noyelles
x = 139
y = 39
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Amiens
canton=Canton de Villers-Bocage
insee=80634
cp=80115
maire=M. Jacky Durier
mandat=2001 -2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Bocage et de l'Hallue
alt moy=60 m
alt mini=32 m
alt maxi=123 m
hectares=862
km²=8,62
sans=789
date-sans=1999
dens=91|Pont-Noyelles is a commune in the
Somme "département" in thePicardie region ofFrance .Geography
Situated at the junction of the D929, D30 and D115 roads, some 8 miles northeast of
Amiens , in the valley of the small river Hallue.Population
History
Pont-Noyelles was the scene of one of the battles of the
Franco-Prussian War . On the 23rd and 24th December1870 , French troops, led by ColonelLouis Faidherbe routed German forces led byEdwin Freiherr von Manteuffel at theBattle of Hallue .A memorial at the site of the General’s headquarters commemorates the battle.ee also
Communes of the Somme department External links
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80634&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Pont-Noyelles on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Pont-Noyelles Pont-Noyelles on the Quid website] fr
Notes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on March 13th 2008."
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