Verpillières

Verpillières
Verpillières
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Verpillières
Coordinates: 49°40′05″N 2°49′28″E / 49.6681°N 2.8244°ECoordinates: 49°40′05″N 2°49′28″E / 49.6681°N 2.8244°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Roye
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Philippe Haguet
Area^1	4.87 km^2 (1.88 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	179
• Density	37/km^2 (95/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	80790 / 80700
Elevation	74–85 m (243–279 ft) (avg. 83 m or 272 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Verpillières is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated 51 kilometres (32 mi) southeast of Amiens, on the D221e road, on the border with the department of Seine-Maritime.

Population

Historical population of Verpillières

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	158	159	122	142	161	169	179
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• The seventeenth century church of Saint Martin's. Ruined during the First World War, restoration work began in 1926 and a new bell was christened in 1932.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Verpillières on the Quid website (French)