Talmas

Talmas (French pronunciation: [talma]; Picard: Talmar) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Talmas
Commune
The town hall in Talmas
Location of Talmas
Talmas Talmas
Coordinates: 50°01′50″N 2°19′38″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Corbie
Intercommunality	CC Territoire Nord Picardie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Patrick Blocklet
Area 1	19.2 km2 (7.4 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	1,085
• Density	56.5/km2 (146/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80746 /80260
Elevation	87–154 m (285–505 ft) (avg. 145 m or 476 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Talmas is situated 11 miles (18 km) north of Amiens, on the N25 and D60 crossroads

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	448	—
1975	554	+3.08%
1982	787	+5.14%
1990	1,027	+3.38%
1999	1,053	+0.28%
2007	1,086	+0.39%
2012	1,078	−0.15%
2017	1,067	−0.20%
2023	1,085	+0.28%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

Known for the « muches », a vast network of natural and man-made galleries in the limestone, where the local population hid and lived during the Spanish occupation in the 16th century.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

External links

• Official website of the commune (in French)
• The Muches Archived 2007-10-16 at the Wayback Machine (in French)