Nouvion

Nouvion (or sometimes Nouvion-en-Ponthieu) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Nouvion
Commune
The town hall in Nouvion
Coat of arms
Location of Nouvion
Nouvion Nouvion
Coordinates: 50°12′46″N 1°46′29″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Abbeville-1
Intercommunality	CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Maurice Forestier
Area ^1	15.73 km^2 (6.07 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	1,316
• Density	84/km^2 (220/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80598 /80860
Elevation	7–55 m (23–180 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 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

Nouvion is situated 10 miles (16 km) north of Abbeville, between the Somme estuary and the forest of Crécy, on the D1001 (ex-N1 national) departmental road junction with the departmental road D111.

Railway

Nouvion had a station on the Noyelles/Forest-l'Abbaye branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer. It opened on 24 August 1892, and closed on 10 March 1947, although the line itself remained open for freight until 1 February 1951.

Media

Nouvion is the setting for the BBC sitcom 'Allo 'Allo! However, no scenes were filmed in the town, with filming instead taking place in Norfolk in England.[2]

Demography

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,026	—
1975	1,004	−0.31%
1982	1,102	+1.34%
1990	1,232	+1.40%
1999	1,210	−0.20%
2007	1,232	+0.23%
2012	1,264	+0.51%
2017	1,316	+0.81%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Tominey, Camilla (2 May 2010). "Britain's best loved TV locations". Daily Express. Retrieved 21 January 2019.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• The community of communes of Nouvion-en-Ponthieu (in French)