Forest-l'Abbaye

Forest-l'Abbaye
Forest-l'Abbaye
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Forest-l'Abbaye
Coordinates: 50°12′10″N 1°49′24″E / 50.2028°N 1.8233°E / 50.2028; 1.8233Coordinates: 50°12′10″N 1°49′24″E / 50.2028°N 1.8233°E / 50.2028; 1.8233
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Nouvion
Intercommunality	Nouvion-en-Ponthieu
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Albert Levoir
Area1	3.3 km2 (1.3 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	317
• Density	96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	80331 / 80150
Elevation	29–63 m (95–207 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 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.

Forest-l'Abbaye is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D105 road, on the edge of the forest of Crécy, 13 kilometres (8 mi) north of Abbeville.

History

There was a station on the Réseau des Bains de Mer located on the line from Abbeville to Dompierre-sur-Authie, opened on 19 June 1892. Forest-l'Abbaye was the junction for the branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer to Noyelles-sur-Mer, which opened on 24 August 1892. The station and both lines closed to passengers on 10 March 1947. The line to Abbeville closed to freight on that date, but the line to Noyelles remained open to freight until 1 February 1951.

Population

See also

• Communes of the Somme department
• Réseau des Bains de Mer

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Forest-l'Abbaye.

• Forest-l'Abbaye on the Quid website (French)