Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Régis Patte^[1]Area6.14 km² (2.37 sq mi)Population822 • Density130/km² (350/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation19–79 m (62–259 ft)
(avg. 128 m or 420 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vauchelles-les-Quesnoy (French pronunciation: [voʃɛl le kenwa]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated 3 kilometres (2 mi) east of the centre of Abbeville, on the D153 road

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	640	—
1975	734	+1.98%
1982	856	+2.22%
1990	889	+0.47%
1999	830	−0.76%
2007	899	+1.00%
2012	839	−1.37%
2017	851	+0.28%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

The church of Notre Dame de l'Assomption, built at the top of a small hill, is in the Gothic style and dates from the fifteenth century. On a wall inside there's a plaque dedicated to Nicolas du Moncel, seigneur of Vascongnes, who died in 1487. Like all churches dedicated to the Virgin, it is built with a noticeably narrow transept.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References