Camon, Somme

Camon
Commune
The church in Camon
Coat of arms
Location of Camon
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Coordinates: 49°53′16″N 2°20′48″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Amiens-3
Intercommunality	Amiens Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Claude Renaux[1]
Area ^1	12.9 km^2 (5.0 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	4,387
• Density	340/km^2 (880/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80164 /80450
Elevation	22–84 m (72–276 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Camon (French pronunciation: [kamɔ̃]; Picard: Canmon) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

The commune lies on the right bank of the river Somme, east of Amiens.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1936 1,800 —     1946 1,764 −0.20% 1954 1,830 +0.46% 1962 2,110 +1.80% 1968 3,008 +6.09% 1975 4,350 +5.41%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1982 4,214 −0.45% 1990 3,920 −0.90% 1999 4,366 +1.20% 2007 4,572 +0.58% 2012 4,444 −0.57% 2017 4,432 −0.05%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968-2017)[4]

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Camon, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE