Forest-l'Abbaye

French commune|name= Forest-l'Abbaye


x = 130
y = 33
region=Picardie
departement=Somme
arrondissement=Abbeville
canton=Canton de Nouvion
insee=80331
cp=80150
maire=M. Albert Levoir
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du canton de Nouvion-en-Ponthieu
alt moy=40 m
alt mini=29 m
alt maxi=63 m
hectares=330
km²=3,3
sans=306
date-sans=1999
dens=92|

Forest-l'Abbaye is a commune in the Somme "département" in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Situated on the D105 road, on the edge of the forest of Crécy, some 8 miles north of Abbeville.

History

There was a station on the Réseau des Bains de Mer located on the line from Abbeville to Dompierre-sur-Authie, opened on 19 June 1892. Forest-l'Abbaye was the junction for the branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer to Noyelles-sur-Mer, which opened on 24 August 1892. The station and both lines closed to passengers on 10 March 1947. The line to Abbeville closed to freight on that date, but the line to Noyelles remained open to freight until 1 February 1951.

Population

ee also

*Communes of the Somme department
*Réseau des Bains de Mer

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80331&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Forest-l'Abbaye on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Forest-l'Abbaye Forest-l'Abbaye on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the original article and the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 12th 2008."