- Buire-Courcelles
French commune|name= Buire-Courcelles
x = 146
y = 38
region=Picardie
departement=Somme
arrondissement=Péronne
canton=Canton de Péronne
insee=80150
cp=80200
maire=M. Jean-Louis Lamotte
mandat=2001 -2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes de la Haute Somme
alt moy=50 m
alt mini=56 m
alt maxi=133 m
hectares=776
km²=7,76
pop=284
date-pop=1999
dens=36|Buire-Courcelles is a commune in the
Somme "département" in thePicardie region ofFrance .Geography
Situated on the D199 road, some 14 miles northeast of
Saint-Quentin .History
* Buire : Of Celtic etymology, meaning 'a slope', Buire has been successively "Buracum" and"Buiciera".
* Courcelles Also of Celtic etymology, meaning a group of houses. This hamlet was a commune before theFrench revolution and attached to Buire in 1794.Population
ee also
Communes of the Somme department External links
(All French language)
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80150&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Buire-Courcelles sur le site de l'Insee]
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Buire-Courcelles Buire-Courcelles sur le site du Quid]Notes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on January 30th, 2008."
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