Agenville

French commune|name=Agenville


x = 132
y = 37
region=Picardie
departement=Somme
arrondissement=Amiens
canton=Bernaville
insee=80005
cp=80370
maire=Dany Petit
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Bernavillois
longitude=2.10361111111
latitude=50.1663888889
alt moy=140 m
alt mini=88
alt maxi=136 m
hectares=330
km²=3.3
sans=91
date-sans=1999
dens=27|

Agenville is a commune in the Somme department in Picardy in northern France.

Geography

The commune is a village of mixed farming situated 15 miles northeast of Abbeville on the D56 road.

History

Destroyed by the English at the time of the battle of Crecy in 1346 and rebuilt on a new site.Rebuilt after the bombardments of 1944, when 95% of the village was destroyed, as the V1 rocket site was nearby.Agenville was once a centre of a pilgrimage

Demography

See also

Communes of the Somme department

External links

* [http://www.agenville.com/ An Agenville website]
* [http://www.ign.fr/affiche_rubrique.asp?rbr_id=1087&CommuneId=73976 Agenville sur le site de l'Institut géographique national]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80005&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Agenville on the website of l'Insee]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=31379&req=Agenville Agenville on the website of Quid]
* [http://www.lion1906.com/Pages/ResultatLocalisation.php?InseeVille=800005 Position of Agenville on the map of France]
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=50.1663888888889&longitude=2.10361111111111&zoom=8 Map of Agenville on Mapquest]
* [http://portail.les3vals.com/ Portail du Syndicat Mixte des Vals d'Authie, Nièvre et Somme ]
* [http://www.les3vals.com/]

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia."