Bacouel-sur-Selle (French pronunciation: [bakwɛl syʁ sɛl], literally Bacouel on Selle; Picard: Bacoué-su-Selle) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Bacouel-sur-Selle | |
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.JPG) The church of Bacouel-sur-Selle | |
 Coat of arms | |
 Location of Bacouel-sur-Selle | |
  Bacouel-sur-Selle  Bacouel-sur-Selle | |
| Coordinates: 49°49′53″N 2°13′31″E / 49.8314°N 2.2253°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Amiens |
| Canton | Ailly-sur-Noye |
| Intercommunality | Somme Sud-Ouest |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Marc Bulcourt[1] |
Area 1 | 6.24 km2 (2.41 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 461 |
| • Density | 73.9/km2 (191/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80050 /80480 |
| Elevation | 36–121 m (118–397 ft) (avg. 38 m or 125 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography
editSituated 5 miles (8 km) southwest of Amiens, on the banks of the Selle river, a couple of kilometres from the A16 autoroute junction with the A29.
Population
edit| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 227 | — |
| 1975 | 257 | +1.79% |
| 1982 | 326 | +3.46% |
| 1990 | 392 | +2.33% |
| 1999 | 574 | +4.33% |
| 2007 | 516 | −1.32% |
| 2012 | 465 | −2.06% |
| 2017 | 501 | +1.50% |
| 2023 | 461 | −1.38% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
- ↑ "Populations de référence 2023" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 18 December 2025.
- ↑ Population municipale entre 1968 et 2023, INSEE
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