Nouvion

Nouvion
Townhall
Nouvion
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Nouvion
Coordinates: 50°12′46″N 1°46′29″E / 50.2128°N 1.7747°E / 50.2128; 1.7747Coordinates: 50°12′46″N 1°46′29″E / 50.2128°N 1.7747°E / 50.2128; 1.7747
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Nouvion
Intercommunality	Canton of Nouvion-en-Ponthieu
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Christian Berthe
Area1	15.73 km2 (6.07 sq mi)
Population (2010)2	1,241
• Density	79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	80598 / 80860
Elevation	7–55 m (23–180 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 ft)
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.

Nouvion (or sometimes Nouvion-en-Ponthieu) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Nouvion is situated 10 miles (16 km) north of Abbeville, between the Somme estuary and the forest of Crécy, on the D1001 (ex-N1 national) departmental road junction with the departmental road D111.

Railway

Nouvion had a station on the Noyelles - Forest-l'Abbaye branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer. It opened on 24 August 1892, and closed on 10 March 1947, although the line itself remained open for freight until 1 February 1951.

Media

Nouvion features as the name of the French town in which the BBC TV series 'Allo 'Allo! is set. The filming was however never done in the town, but in Norfolk.

Demography

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nouvion.

• The community of communes of Nouvion-en-Ponthieu (French)
• Quid town profile (French)
• Position of Nouvion on the map of France (French)
• Nouvion on Mapquest (French)