The Canton of Friville-Escarbotin is a canton

Cantons of France

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 342 arrondissements and 101 departments.Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as...

 situated in the department of the Somme

Somme

Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France....

 and in the Picardie

Picardie

Picardy is one of the 27 regions of France. It is located in the northern part of France.-History:The historical province of Picardy stretched from north of Noyon to Calais, via the whole of the Somme department and the north of the Aisne department...

 region

Régions of France

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 of northern France

France

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.

Geography

The canton is organised around the commune of Friville-Escarbotin

Friville-Escarbotin

Friville-Escarbotin is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D2 and D229 crossroads, some west of Abbeville.-Monuments:...

 in the arrondissement of Abbeville

Arrondissement of Abbeville

The arrondissement of Abbeville is an arrondissement of the Somme département, in the Picardie région of France. It has 12 cantons and 169 communes.-Cantons:The cantons of the arrondissement of Abbeville are:# Abbeville-Nord# Abbeville-Sud...

. The altitude varies from 27m at Nibas

Nibas

Nibas is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Population:-External links:*...

 to 129m at Fressenneville

Fressenneville

Fressenneville is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Fressenneville is situated on the inntersection of the D925 and D229 road, some southwest of Abbeville.-Population:-External links:*...

 for an average of 72m.

Composition

The canton of Friville-Escarbotin comprises 9 communes

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

 and a total of 12,046 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

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Commune	Population	Post Code	INSEE Code
Bourseville Bourseville Bourseville is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Bourseville is situated on the D102 and D63 road junction, some west of Abbeville.-Population:-External links:*...	774	80130	80124
Fressenneville Fressenneville Fressenneville is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Fressenneville is situated on the inntersection of the D925 and D229 road, some southwest of Abbeville.-Population:-External links:*...	2334	80390	80360
Friville-Escarbotin Friville-Escarbotin Friville-Escarbotin is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D2 and D229 crossroads, some west of Abbeville.-Monuments:...	4646	80130	80368
Nibas Nibas Nibas is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Population:-External links:*...	749	80390	80597
Ochancourt Ochancourt Ochancourt is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Ochancourt is situated on the D48 road, some west of Abbeville.-Population:-History:...	235	80210	80603
Tully Tully, Somme Tully is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Population:-External links:*...	663	80130	80770
Valines Valines Valines is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Population:-External links:*...	663	80210	80775
Vaudricourt Vaudricourt, Somme Vaudricourt is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Vaudricourt is situated west of Abbeville, on the D106 and the D63 roads.-Population:-External links:*...	451	80230	80780
Woincourt Woincourt Woincourt is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Woincourt is situated 15 miles southwest of Abbeville, at the D2 and D1925 crossroads.-Population:-External links:*...	1531	80520	80827

Population

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1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
11068	11599	12167	12358	12349	12046
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting Population without double counting Population without double counting is an English translation of the phrase Population sans doubles comptes.In France, for the purposes of the census, the INSEE has defined several population indicators that allow people who live in more than one place to be counted in each place, to study and keep...

See also

• Somme
  Somme
  Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France....
  
  
• Arrondissements of the Somme department
• Cantons of the Somme department
• Communes of the Somme department

External links

• Le canton de Friville-Escarbotin on the Insee website