Quevauvillers
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
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| Coordinates: 49°49′27″N 2°05′05″E / 49.8242°N 2.0847°ECoordinates: 49°49′27″N 2°05′05″E / 49.8242°N 2.0847°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Amiens |
| Canton | Ailly-sur-Somme |
| Intercommunality | Sud-Ouest Amiénois |
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| • Mayor (2001–2008) | Guy Debureaux |
| Area1 | 8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 1,034 |
| • Density | 120/km2 (300/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80656 /80710 |
| Elevation | 95–157 m (312–515 ft) (avg. 139 m or 456 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.
Quevauvillers is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Quevauvillers is situated on the N29 road, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Amiens.
The village of Quevauvillers first appears in Roman times as Equitum villa (residence of the riders) and would haver been a staging post on the Roman road from Amiens to Rouen.
During the wars with the Normans near the end of the first millennium, the village was completely destroyed.
Jean-Pierre Pernaut, television reporter, spent his childhood here.
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