Ponthoile
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
Ponthoile
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| Coordinates: 50°12′59″N 1°42′48″E / 50.2164°N 1.7133°ECoordinates: 50°12′59″N 1°42′48″E / 50.2164°N 1.7133°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville |
| Canton | Abbeville-1 |
| Intercommunality | Canton of Nouvion-en-Ponthieu |
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| • Mayor (2014–2020) | Henri Poupart |
| Area1 | 19.41 km2 (7.49 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 610 |
| • Density | 31/km2 (81/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80633 /80860 |
| Elevation | 2–31 m (6.6–101.7 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 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.
Ponthoile is a commune in the Somme department of Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Ponthoile is situated on the D235 road, some 15 km northwest of Abbeville, near the bay of the Somme.
In 1346, during the Hundred Years War, English troops burnt and pillaged the towns of the Ponthieu on their way to the Battle of Crécy. Ponthoile was attacked on Saint-Barthélémy’s day, 24 August, just two days before the battle, burning down the 12th-century church.
In the 13th century, there were 180 homes in Ponthoile, according to Dom Grenier. After the ravages of the wars against the English and Burgundians, according to English statistics, there were only 48. The population of Ponthoile subsequently increase slowly into the middle of the 19th century, before declining again, as farming became mechanisied and people left for the big cities
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