Saint-Maxent

French commune|name=Saint-Maxent


x = 128
y = 37
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Abbeville
canton= Moyenneville
insee=80710
cp=80140
maire= Bernard Leneveu
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Vimeu Vert
alt moy=114 m
alt mini=93 m
alt maxi=118 m
hectares=638
km²=6,38
sans=369
date-sans=1999
dens=57|

Saint-Maxent is a commune in the Somme "département" in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Situated some 10 miles southwest of Abbeville, on the D86 and D29 road junction, about a mile from the A28 autoroute.

Population

Places of interest

* The church
* The old railway line [ Source:Fcvnet [http://www.fcvnet.net/~blaise.pichon/Long-Gama.HTML] ] "'The railway was opened on the 9th May 1872 and was used principally from freight, although some passengers were carried.
It was finally closed on the 10th November 1993. It served the following communes:
Longpré-les-Corps-Saints / Bettencourt-Rivière / Airaines / Allery / Wiry-au-Mont / Forceville / Oisemont / Cerisy-Buleux / Martainneville / Saint-Maxent / Vismes-au-Val / Maisnières / Longroy and Gamaches

ee also

Communes of the Somme department

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 31st 2008."