Rambures

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

Rambures
Commune
The chateau in Rambures
Coat of arms
Location of Rambures
Rambures Rambures
Coordinates: 49°56′38″N 1°42′15″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Poix-de-Picardie
Intercommunality	CC Somme Sud-Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Claude Gandon
Area ^1	9.9 km^2 (3.8 sq mi)
Population  (2017-01-01)[1]	343
• Density	35/km^2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80663 /80140
Elevation	122–181 m (400–594 ft) (avg. 139 m or 456 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

Rambures is situated on the D180 and D110 crossroads, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Abbeville.

Apples of the variety named Rambour originated here.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	444	—
1975	404	−1.34%
1982	363	−1.52%
1990	367	+0.14%
1999	365	−0.06%
2007	410	+1.46%
2012	376	−1.72%
2017	343	−1.82%
Source: INSEE[2]

Places of interest

• The Château de Rambures, an unusual fortress, being built almost entirely of bricks, the only example of its kind in Picardie. Its park contains a rose garden and remarkable trees (Parc et Roseraie du Château de Rambures).

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
2. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE