Bécordel-Bécourt

Bécordel-Bécourt (formerly known as Bécourt-Bécordel[2]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Bécordel-Bécourt
Commune
The town hall and school of Bécordel-Bécourt
Location of Bécordel-Bécourt
Bécordel-Bécourt Bécordel-Bécourt
Coordinates: 49°59′25″N 2°41′10″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Pays du Coquelicot
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Léon Villain
Area ^1	3.57 km^2 (1.38 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	160
• Density	45/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80073 /80300
Elevation	50–110 m (160–360 ft) (avg. 56 m or 184 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

Situated on the D938 road, about 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Albert.

History

The village of Bécourt was destroyed in the First World War, see Battle of Albert (1914).

Population

Historical population of Bécordel-Bécourt

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	147	146	144	142	139	122	171
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Paul Decagny, L'arrondissement de Péronne, ou recherches sur les villes, bourgs, villages et hameaux qui le composent (J. Quentin, 1844), p. 182.