Bouchoir | |
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.svg) Coat of arms | |
 Location of Bouchoir | |
  Bouchoir  Bouchoir | |
| Coordinates:49°44′57″N2°40′28″E / 49.7492°N 2.6744°E /49.7492; 2.6744 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Péronne |
| Canton | Moreuil |
| Intercommunality | CC Terre de Picardie |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Magali Crappier[1] |
Area 1 | 5.88 km2 (2.27 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 276 |
| • Density | 46.9/km2 (122/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80116 /80910 |
| Elevation | 96–106 m (315–348 ft) (avg. 100 m or 330 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Bouchoir (French pronunciation:[buʃwaʁ]) is acommune in theSommedepartment inHauts-de-France in northernFrance.
Bouchoir is situated on the D329 junction with the D934 road, some 22 miles (35 km) southwest ofAmiens.
The village of Bouchoir passed into German hands on 27 March 1918 but was recovered by the8th Canadian Infantry Brigade on 9 August 1918. The New British Cemetery was created just after Armistice to bury the dead from villages south of Bouchoir and the battlefields around it. It contains 763 burials from theFirst World War and was designed bySir Herbert Baker.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 295 | — |
| 1975 | 195 | −5.74% |
| 1982 | 201 | +0.43% |
| 1990 | 222 | +1.25% |
| 1999 | 226 | +0.20% |
| 2007 | 268 | +2.15% |
| 2012 | 302 | +2.42% |
| 2017 | 293 | −0.60% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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