Daours

Daours
Daours
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Corbie
Intercommunality	Val de Somme
Mayor	Gérard Holleville (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	22–96 m (72–315 ft) (avg. 53 m/174 ft)
Land area1	8.65 km2 (3.34 sq mi)
Population2	781  (2006)
- Density	90 /km2 (230 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80234/ 80800
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: 49°54′09″N 2°27′00″E / 49.9025°N 2.45°E / 49.9025; 2.45

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

Geography

Daours is situated on the D1 road, on the banks of the river Somme, some 7 miles (11 km) east of Amiens.

Population

Historical population of Daours

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
709	718	788	762	789	768	781
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Daours on the Quid website (French)
• Communes around Daours (French)
• South Africans buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extenion