Méaulte

Méaulte
Commune
Airbus Beluga no.1 at the Albert-Picardie airport
Location of Méaulte
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Coordinates: 49°58′56″N 2°39′39″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Pays du Coquelicot
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Michel Fournier[1]
Area ^1	10.75 km^2 (4.15 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,276
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80523 /80300
Elevation	42–112 m (138–367 ft) (avg. 86 m or 282 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Méaulte (French pronunciation: [meolt]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D329 road, some 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Amiens.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,048	—
1975	1,022	−0.36%
1982	1,074	+0.71%
1990	1,259	+2.01%
1999	1,254	−0.04%
2007	1,316	+0.61%
2012	1,312	−0.06%
2017	1,254	−0.90%
Source: INSEE[3]

Personalities

• Henry Potez (1891–1981), aeroplane maker, was born in Méaulte. He built a factory here and began making Potez aeroplanes in 1924.
  Today, the factory is part of the pan-European group Airbus

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. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE