Noyelles-sur-Mer
Noyelles-sur-Mer | |
|---|---|
 The Baie de Somme, near Noyelles-sur-Mer | |
 Coat of arms | |
  Noyelles-sur-Mer  Noyelles-sur-Mer | |
| Coordinates: 50°11′04″N 1°42′35″E / 50.1844°N 1.7097°ECoordinates: 50°11′04″N 1°42′35″E / 50.1844°N 1.7097°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville |
| Canton | Abbeville-1 |
| Intercommunality | CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Martial Balsamo[1] |
| Area 1 | 20.01 km2 (7.73 sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80600 /80860 |
| Elevation | 0–42 m (0–138 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Noyelles-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [nwajɛl syʁ mɛʁ], literally Noyelles on Sea) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Noyelles-sur-Mer is situated on the coast, facing the English Channel, on the D11 and D40 junction, some 13 kilometres (8 mi) northwest of Abbeville.
Railways
Noyelles has a railway station on the Boulogne–Amiens line. There is also a heritage railway at Noyelles, the Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme, which formed part of the Réseau des Bains de Mer system. A dual gauge line goes to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, and a metre gauge line continues on to Cayeux. Another metre gauge line goes to Le Crotoy. A further metre gauge line, now closed, went to Forest-l'Abbaye, where it connected with the line between Abbeville and Dompierre-sur-Authie.
Population
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 939 | — |
| 1975 | 908 | −0.48% |
| 1982 | 813 | −1.57% |
| 1990 | 802 | −0.17% |
| 1999 | 742 | −0.86% |
| 2007 | 867 | +1.97% |
| 2012 | 767 | −2.42% |
| 2017 | 730 | −0.98% |
| Source: INSEE[2] | ||
Places of interest
- The preserved railway, the Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme
- The Chinese cemetery, in the village of Nolette, where 838 Chinese workers are buried. Recruited by the British as part of the Chinese Labour Corps between 1917 and 1919 during and after the First World War, for the most part, they died of Spanish flu.
See also
References
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
- Website about the Chinese cemetery (in French)
- Another website about the Chinese cemetery (in French)
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