Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy

Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy
Notre Dame church
Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy
Location within Picardy region  Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy
Coordinates: 50°06′14″N 1°53′25″E / 50.1039°N 1.8903°ECoordinates: 50°06′14″N 1°53′25″E / 50.1039°N 1.8903°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Abbeville-Nord
Intercommunality	Abbevillois
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Edmond Petit
Area^1	6.14 km^2 (2.37 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	877
• Density	140/km^2 (370/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80779 / 80132
Elevation	19–79 m (62–259 ft) (avg. 128 m or 420 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.

Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of the centre of Abbeville, on the D153 road

Population

Historical population of Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	607	640	734	856	889	830	877
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The church of Notre Dame de l'Assomption, built at the top of a small hill, is in the Gothic style and dates from the fifteenth century. On a wall inside there’s a plaque dedicated to Nicolas du Moncel, seigneur of Vascongnes, who died in 1487. Like all churches dedicated to the Virgin, it is built with a noticeably narrow transept.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy on the Quid website (French)