Mesnil-en-Arrouaise

Mesnil-en-Arrouaise
Mesnil-en-Arrouaise
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Combles
Intercommunality	Canton of Combles
Mayor	Denise Guise (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	99–152 m (325–499 ft) (avg. 128 m/420 ft)
Land area1	6.5 km2 (2.5 sq mi)
Population2	146  (2006)
- Density	22 /km2 (57 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80538/ 80360
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°02′42″N 2°56′44″E / 50.045°N 2.9456°E / 50.045; 2.9456

Mesnil-en-Arrouaise is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D172 road, some 19 miles (31 km) southwest of Cambrai, in the ancient region of the Arrouaise, which, to the Romans, was a forest-frontier.^[1][2].

Population

Population history

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
157	172	147	127	118	124	146
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

1. ^ Thesis of Jean Jacques Dubois : 1989, Espaces et milieux forestiers dans le Nord de la France. Etude de biogéographie historique. Thèse d’Etat, Université Paris -I Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2 vol., 1023 pages
2. ^ R..Dion, Les frontières de la France (1947)

External links

• Mesnil-en-Arrouaise on the Quid website (French)