- Poix-de-Picardie
French commune|name= Poix-de-Picardie
x = 131
y = 44
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Amiens
canton=Poix-de-Picardie
insee=80630
cp=80290
maire=Jacky Petigny
mandat=2001 -2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Sud-Ouest Amiénois
alt moy=106 m
alt mini=94 m
alt maxi=190 m
hectares=1166
km²=11,66
sans=2285
date-sans=1999
dens=195|Poix-de-Picardie is a commune in the
Somme "département" in thePicardie region ofFrance .Geography
Situated at the junction of the N1 and N29 road, some 20 miles southwest of
Amiens ,at the bottom of a rather steep-sided valley, confined byNormandy to the south andPicardie to the north.The commune has rail access, linking with theRouen /Amiens network via the TER.Population
Places of interest
* The 16th century church of Saint-Denis’ priory. In
flamboyant Gothic style, the base of the tower dates from the 12th century. Before becoming the parish church, it was the chapel of the château.
* Military cemetery. Containing the graves of 149Second World War Commonwealth aircrew.ee also
Communes of the Somme department External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=2090426&mode=1 CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission pages] en
* [http://www.tourisme.fr/office-de-tourisme/poix-de-picardie.htm Tourist Office of Poix] fr
* [http://www.stationverte.com/station.php?id_st=571 Fiche Station Verte de Poix-de-Picardie] fr
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80630&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Poix-de-Picardie on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Poix-de-Picardie Poix-de-Picardie on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on March 13th 2008."
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