Talmas

Talmas
Commune
The town hall in Talmas
Talmas Talmas
Coordinates: 50°01′50″N 2°19′38″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Corbie
Intercommunality	CC Territoire Nord Picardie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Blocklet
Area 1	19.2 km2 (7.4 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80746 /80260
Elevation	87–154 m (285–505 ft) (avg. 145 m or 476 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Talmas is situated 11 miles (18 km) north of Amiens, on the N25 and D60 crossroads

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	448	—
1975	554	+3.08%
1982	787	+5.14%
1990	1,027	+3.38%
1999	1,053	+0.28%
2007	1,086	+0.39%
2012	1,078	−0.15%
2017	1,067	−0.20%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

Known for the « muches », a vast network of natural and man-made galleries in the limestone, where the local population hid and lived during the Spanish occupation in the 16th century.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

External links

• Official website of the commune (in French)
• The Muches (in French)