Rambures

Rambures
Coat of arms
Rambures
Location within Picardy region  Rambures
Coordinates: 49°58′05″N 1°42′18″E / 49.968°N 1.7049°ECoordinates: 49°58′05″N 1°42′18″E / 49.968°N 1.7049°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Gamaches
Intercommunality	Canton of Oisemont
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Claude Gandon
Area^1	9.9 km^2 (3.8 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	411
• Density	42/km^2 (110/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80663 / 80140
Elevation	122–181 m (400–594 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. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Rambures is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

Rambures is situated on the D180 and D110 crossroads, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Abbeville.

Apples of the variety named Rambour originated here.

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
407	444	404	363	367	365	411
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

• The Château de Rambures, an unusual fortress, being built almost entirely of bricks, the only example of its kind in Picardie. Its park contains a rose garden and remarkable trees (Parc et Roseraie du Château de Rambures).

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Rambures on the Quid website (French)