The Canton of Hallencourt 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 Hallencourt

Hallencourt

Hallencourt is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Hallencourt is situated at the junction of the D21, D53 and D173 roads, some south of Abbeville....

 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 6 m at Érondelle

Érondelle

Érondelle is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Érondelle is situated on the D218e road, and the banks of the River Somme, some southeast of Abbeville.-Population:-External links:* *...

 to 127 m at Allery

Allery

Allery is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated south of Abbeville, at the junction of the D193 and D76 roads.-Population:-External links:* * *...

 for an average of 59 m.

Composition

The canton of Hallencourt comprises 16 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 7,051 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

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Commune	Population	Post Code	INSEE Code
Allery Allery Allery is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated south of Abbeville, at the junction of the D193 and D76 roads.-Population:-External links:* * *...	752	80270	80019
Bailleul Bailleul, Somme Bailleul is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Situated in the west of the department, 5 miles to the south of Abbeville, on the D93 road.-Population:-External links:* * * *...	232	80490	80051
Citerne Citerne Citerne is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Citerne is situated on the D53, in the west of the département, some south of Abbeville.-Population:-External links:* *...	262	80490	80196
Doudelainville Doudelainville -External links:*...	194	80140	80251
Érondelle Érondelle Érondelle is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Érondelle is situated on the D218e road, and the banks of the River Somme, some southeast of Abbeville.-Population:-External links:* *...	434	80580	80282
Fontaine-sur-Somme Fontaine-sur-Somme Fontaine-sur-Somme is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D3 road, some southeast of Abbeville on the left bank of the river Somme.-External links:* *...	469	80510	80328
Frucourt Frucourt Frucourt is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Frucourt is situated on the D93 road, some south of Abbeville.-Population:-Places of interest:...	121	80490	80372
Hallencourt Hallencourt Hallencourt is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Hallencourt is situated at the junction of the D21, D53 and D173 roads, some south of Abbeville....	1348	80490	80406
Huppy Huppy Huppy is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Huppy is situated at the junction of the D25 and D13 roads, some south-southwest of Abbeville.The A28 autoroute is less than away....	694	80140	80446
Liercourt Liercourt Liercourt is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Liercourt is situated at the junction of the D3 and D901 roads, in the valley of the Somme River, southeast of Abbeville.-Population:-External links:*...	320	80580	80476
Limeux Limeux, Somme Limieux is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France....	129	80490	80482
Longpré-les-Corps-Saints Longpré-les-Corps-Saints Longpré-les-Corps-Saints is a commune in Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Situated on the D3 and D216 junction and on the banks of the Somme River, surrounded by peat fen, some southeast of Abbeville. The railway from Paris to Boulogne-sur-Mer has a station here.An...	1561	80510	80488
Mérélessart Mérélessart Mérélessart is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commuen is situated on the D21 road, some south of Abbeville.-Population:-Places of interest:* Saint-Martin’s church...	184	80490	80529
Sorel-en-Vimeu Sorel-en-Vimeu Sorel-en-Vimeu is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated southeast of Abbeville, at the D901 and D21 crossroads.-Population:-External links:* *...	188	80490	80736
Vaux-Marquenneville Vaux-Marquenneville Vaux-Marquenneville is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated south of Abbeville, on the D93 road. The name Vaux derives from ‘vale’ or ‘valley’ and Marquenneville comes from the domain of someone called Marca...	67	80140	80783
Wiry-au-Mont Wiry-au-Mont Wiry-au-Mont is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Population:-Places of interest:* The war memorial* The old railway line ...	96	80270	80825

Population

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1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
7425	7607	7435	7189	6885	7051
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 Hallencourt on the Insee website
• Somme website
• Section Patrimoine du CIS Hallencourt