Drucat

Drucat
Drucat
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Abbeville-Nord
Intercommunality	L'Abbevillois
Mayor	Henri Gauret (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	6–81 m (20–266 ft) (avg. 26 m/85 ft)
Land area1	10.84 km2 (4.19 sq mi)
Population2	914  (2006)
- Density	84 /km2 (220 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80260/ 80132
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 50°08′37″N 1°52′19″E / 50.143611°N 1.871944°E / 50.143611; 1.871944

Drucat is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

Drucat is situated on the D82e road, some 4 miles (6 km) northeast of Abbeville.

Population

Historical population of Drucat

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
503	504	733	841	890	861	914
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

History

There was a station on the Réseau des Bains de Mer, called Plessiel-Drucat, which opened on 19 June 1892 and closed on 10 March 1947.

Places of interest

• Saint Martin’s church.
• The recently-restored chapel.
• Plessiel water-tower

Personalities

• The composer Jean-François Lesueur (1760–1837) was born at Plessiel, a hamlet within the commune of Drucat. The village hall is named in his honour.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department
• Réseau des Bains de Mer

References

• INSEE

External links

• Drucat on the Quid website (French)