Hallencourt

Hallencourt (French pronunciation: [alɑ̃kuʁ]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Hallencourt
Commune
The town hall in Hallencourt
Coat of arms
Location of Hallencourt
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Coordinates: 49°59′32″N 1°52′41″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Gamaches
Intercommunality	CA Baie de Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Delohen[1]
Area 1	20.55 km2 (7.93 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	1,318
• Density	64/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80406 /80490
Elevation	35–121 m (115–397 ft) (avg. 80 m or 260 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Hallencourt is situated at the junction of the D21, D53 and D173 roads, some 10 miles (16 km) south of Abbeville. The commune comprises the two villages of Hallencourt and Hocquincourt.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,367	—
1975	1,370	+0.03%
1982	1,407	+0.38%
1990	1,374	−0.30%
1999	1,348	−0.21%
2007	1,387	+0.36%
2012	1,388	+0.01%
2017	1,325	−0.92%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The war memorial
• The Château de Beauvoir at Hocquincourt (now a private hotel)

Personalities

• Roman Opałka, French artist of Polish ancestry, was born in Hocquincourt in 1931.
• Édouard Louis, French writer, is from Hallencourt. He wrote his debut autobiographical novel En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule (2014, translated into English as The End of Eddy) about growing up there.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department