Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy

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

Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy
Commune
Notre Dame church
Coat of arms
Location of Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy
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Coordinates: 50°06′14″N 1°53′25″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Abbeville-1
Intercommunality	CA Baie de Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Régis Patte
Area ^1	6.14 km^2 (2.37 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	851
• Density	140/km^2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.