Quend

French commune|name=Quend
region=Picardie
departement=Somme
arrondissement=Abbeville
canton=Rue
insee=80649
cp=80120
mayor=Marc Volant
mandat=2001-2008
longitude=01.63722
latitude=50.31722
alt moy=5 m
alt mini=2 m
alt maxi=29 m
hectares=formatnum:3778
km²=formatnum:37.78
sans=formatnum:1205
date-sans=1999
dens=31

Quend is a commune in the Somme "département" in the Picardy region of northern France. The inhabitants are known as Quennois and Quennoises.

Geography

Situated between the estuaries of the Somme and the Authie, with the D940 connecting to the A16 motorway. Quend is a commune of several villages and hamlets (Monchaux, Routhiauville, Quend-Plage-Les-Pins and more).

History

Quend’s church is dedicated to Saint Vaast, bishop of Arras in the 6th century. The steeple, which can be seen from miles around, was used as a triangulation point when creating the map of France.On the 15th March 1905, lightning struck the steeple. Quend-Plage-Les-Pins was completely razed during the Allied invasion of France in 1944.

Population

Tourism and culture

Since 2005, A film festival has taken place at Quend-Plage-les-Pins [ [http://www.cineb2somme.fr/Frames/Groland_main_new.html|Film website] ] .

Places and monuments

Personnalities linked to the commune

* Roger Noyon, artiste

ee also

* Communes of the Somme department

References

External links

(All French language)
* [http://www.office-tourisme-quend-plage.com/ Quend-Plage-Les-Pins website]
* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=75235 Quend on the website of l'Institut géographique national]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80649&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Quend on the website of l'Insee]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Quend Quend on the website of Quid]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=800649 Position of Quend on a map of France]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=50.3172222222222&longitude=1.63722222222222&zoom=8 Map of Quend on Mapquest]