Lanchères

French commune| name= Lanchères


x = 128
y = 36
region=Picardie
departement=Somme
arrondissement= Abbeville
canton=Canton de Saint-Valery-sur-Somme
insee=80464
cp=80230
maire=M. Guy Delahaye
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes Baie de Somme Sud
alt moy=7 m
alt mini=1 m
alt maxi=47 m
hectares=1639
km²=16,39
sans=834
date-sans=1999
dens=50|

Lanchères is a commune in the Somme "département" in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Situated on the D940 road, some 12 miles northwest of Abbeville.

Population

People with links to the commune

Paul Vimereu, author, spent his childhood at Lanchères
Jean de Poutrincourt from Poutrincourt, a hamlet of Lanchères. He set sail in 1605 for Acadia, (nowadays Nova Scotia), to be Lieutenant-general. The ruins of his château can still be seen at Poutrincourt.

ee also

*Communes of the Somme department
*Réseau des Bains de Mer
*Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme

External links

* [http://www.baiedesomme.org/html/fr/approche-carto/DocLieu.asp?IDLieu=76 Jean de Poutricourt information] fr
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80464&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Lanchères on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Lanchères Lanchères on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 26th 2008."