Abancourt, Oise
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
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| Coordinates: 49°41′52″N 1°45′57″E / 49.6978°N 1.7658°ECoordinates: 49°41′52″N 1°45′57″E / 49.6978°N 1.7658°E | ||
| Country | France | |
| Region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Oise | |
| Arrondissement | Beauvais | |
| Canton | Canton of Grandvilliers | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de la Picardie Verte | |
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| • Mayor (2014-2020) | Jean-Louis Dor (NC) | |
| Area1 | 6.01 km2 (2.32 sq mi) | |
| Population (2014)2 | 643 | |
| • Density | 110/km2 (280/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) | |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 60001 /60220 | |
| Elevation | 170–222 m (558–728 ft) | |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Abancourt is a French commune in the Oise department in the Hauts-de-France region of northern France.
The inhabitants of the commune are known as Abancourtois or Abancourtoises.
Abancourt is located some 40 km south-west of Amiens and some 20 km north-east of Forges-les-Eaux in the western extremity of the Oise department, on the border of the Seine-Maritime department. Access to the commune is by the D316 road from Aumale in the north passing through the commune and the village and continuing south to Blargies. The D8 goes south-west from the village to the border of Seine-Maritime where it becomes the D236 and continues south-west to Criquiers. The D7 branches off the D316 south of the village and goes south-west to Moliens. The D919 goes north-east from the village to Romescamps. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of La Montagne in the north and Hennicourt in the south. Except for a strip of forest in the west, the commune is entirely farmland.
A railway line passes through the east of the commune from north-east to south with Abancourt station in the south of the commune. The station is an intermediate stop on the TER Picardie Amiens to Rouen route and the Le Tréport-Mers to Beauvais route
The Bresle River flows north-west from Abancourt along the Formerie plateau into the English Channel at Le Tréport. This coastal river is around 68 to 72 kilometres long depending on which source is used and crosses the Oise, Somme, and Seine-Maritime Departments.
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