Prouzel

Prouzel is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Prouzel
Commune
The railway station in Prouzel
Location of Prouzel
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Coordinates: 49°48′59″N 2°12′15″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Ailly-sur-Noye
Intercommunality	CC Somme Sud-Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Audouin De l'Epine
Area ^1	5.19 km^2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	552
• Density	110/km^2 (280/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80643 /80160
Elevation	38–129 m (125–423 ft) (avg. 42 m or 138 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Prouzel is situated on the D8b road, some 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Amiens, near the banks of the river Selle.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	352	—
1975	384	+1.25%
1982	399	+0.55%
1990	502	+2.91%
1999	503	+0.02%
2007	492	−0.28%
2012	473	−0.78%
2017	552	+3.14%
Source: INSEE[2]

Places of interest

• sixteenth-century church of Notre-Dame de la Nativité, with baptismal fonts from the twelfth century
• 17th-century château
• The ‘Coulée verte’ (en: ’Green Trail’). When the local railway closed in 1939, the derelict line was eventually converted into a pleasant nature trail.
• 18th-century pigeon house

Personalities

Gabriel Ferez, a student from Prouzel, was murdered in south London in June 2008.[3]

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
3. BBC News: "French village grieves for murdered son"