Méricourt-sur-Somme

Méricourt-sur-Somme
Part of Étinehem-Méricourt
Location of Méricourt-sur-Somme
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Coordinates: 49°54′23″N 2°40′30″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Commune	Étinehem-Méricourt
Area ^1	7.14 km^2 (2.76 sq mi)
Population  (2019)[1]	221
• Density	31/km^2 (80/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal code	80340
Elevation	32–92 m (105–302 ft) (avg. 35 m or 115 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Méricourt-sur-Somme (French pronunciation: [meʁikuʁ syʁ sɔm], literally Méricourt on Somme; Picard: Méricourt-su-Sonme) is a former commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Étinehem-Méricourt.[2]

Geography

The commune is situated on the D171 road, some 13 miles (21 km) east of Amiens, by the banks of the Somme River.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1962	194	—
1968	173	−1.89%
1975	147	−2.30%
1982	153	+0.57%
1990	140	−1.10%
1999	164	+1.77%
2006	164	+0.00%
Source: EHESS[3]

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

1. Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
2. Arrêté préfectoral 11 July 2016 (in French)
3. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Méricourt-sur-Somme, EHESS (in French).