Hallencourt

Hallencourt
Hallencourt
Commune
	The town hall in Hallencourt
	Coat of arms
	Location of Hallencourt
	Hallencourt Hallencourt
	Coordinates: 49°59′32″N 1°52′41″E / 49.9922°N 1.878°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Gamaches
Intercommunality	CA Baie de Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Delohen
Area 1	20.55 km2 (7.93 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,286
• Density	63/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80406 /80490
Elevation	35–121 m (115–397 ft) ; (avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Hallencourt is situated at the junction of the D21, D53 and D173 roads, some 10 miles (16 km) south of Abbeville. The commune comprises the two villages of Hallencourt and Hocquincourt.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,367	—
1975	1,370	+0.03%
1982	1,407	+0.38%
1990	1,374	−0.30%
1999	1,348	−0.21%
2007	1,387	+0.36%
2012	1,388	+0.01%
2017	1,325	−0.92%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Places of interest

The war memorial
The Château de Beauvoir at Hocquincourt (now a private hotel)

Personalities

Roman Opałka, French artist of Polish ancestry, was born in Hocquincourt in 1931.
Édouard Louis, French writer, is from Hallencourt. He wrote his debut autobiographical novel En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule (2014, translated into English as The End of Eddy) about growing up there.

References

^ "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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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[pophist-3] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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