Abancourt | |
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 Abancourt Railway Station 2008 | |
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 Location of Abancourt | |
  Abancourt  Abancourt | |
| Coordinates:49°41′52″N1°45′57″E / 49.6978°N 1.7658°E /49.6978; 1.7658 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Oise |
| Arrondissement | Beauvais |
| Canton | Grandvilliers |
| Intercommunality | Picardie Verte |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Jean-Louis Dor[1] |
Area 1 | 6.01 km2 (2.32 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 569 |
| • Density | 94.7/km2 (245/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Abancourtois, Abancourtoises |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 60001 /60220 |
| Elevation | 170–222 m (558–728 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Abancourt (French pronunciation:[abɑ̃kuʁ]ⓘ) is acommune in theOisedepartment in theHauts-de-France region of northernFrance.[3]
Abancourt is located some 40 km south-west ofAmiens and some 20 km north-east ofForges-les-Eaux in the western extremity of theOisedepartment, on the border of theSeine-Maritime department. Access to the commune is by the D316 road fromAumale in the north passing through the commune and the village and continuing south toBlargies. The D8 goes south-west from the village to the border of Seine-Maritime where it becomes the D236 and continues south-west toCriquiers. The D7 branches off the D316 south of the village and goes south-west toMoliens. The D919 goes north-east from the village toRomescamps. Apart from the village there are the hamlets of La Montagne in the north and Hennicourt in the south. Except for a strip of forest in the west, the commune is entirely farmland.[4][5]
A railway line passes through the east of the commune from north-east to south withAbancourt station in the south of the commune. The station is an intermediate stop on theTER Hauts-de-France Amiens toRouen route[6] and theLe Tréport-Mers toBeauvais route[7]
The riverBresle flows north-west from Abancourt along the Formerie plateau into theEnglish Channel atLe Tréport. This coastal river is around 68 to 72 kilometres long depending on which source is used[8] and crosses theOise,Somme, andSeine-Maritime Departments.
Places adjacent to Abancourt, Oise | |
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The area was mentioned asAbencourt in 1146,Abencurtis in 1148,Abencurt in 1150 and 1152,Habencourt in 1180,Abencourt in 1337, 1454, and in the 16th century.
OneJean and oneAdrien d'Abancourt were alternately lords of Abancourt at the beginning of the 15th century.
Ceramic tiles andamphoras from Abancourt'sRoman period are displayed in theBeauvais museum. These were found near a hamlet on the mountain and it is assumed that there must have been a Roman camp or installation at one time. Fine red pottery, stepped and curved roof tiles nearly 50 centimetres across have been found.
On Abancourt's ancient Roman road lies alinden tree 6 metres incircumference, which was possibly the marker of a military border or aCeltic monument.[9]
Abancourt appears asAbancourt on the 1750Cassini Map[10] and the same on the 1790 version.[11]
The village was renamedAbancourt-la-Montagne after theFrench Revolution.[12] Between 1791 and 1823, the commune was reattached toRomescamps. In 1823 Abancourt was newly created as a commune fromBlargies with Hennicourt added to it.[13]
In 1867 the railway came to Abancourt with the construction ofAbancourt Station on theRouen toAmiens line. It was connected directly toLe Tréport andParis in 1873–1875.
In the First World War the main British supply ports of Le Havre and the inland port of Rouen had restricted hinterlands. It was necessary to find a location where the daily supplies, to maintain 1.3 million troops, could be marshalled and distributed. Abancourt, the junction of several key railway lines to the coast and the Somme, was chosen. Supply trains from Le Havre and Rouen disgorged their content into vast warehouses in the Abancourt complex along 3.2 kilometres (2.0 mi) of track. The warehouses contained enough non-perishable stores to last at least one month and dispatched twenty-two supply trains a day to the next distribution station. Today there is no obvious trace of this vast complex of warehouses and sidings.[14]
In the First World War, the British Army hada prison at nearby Blargies. In August 1916 a serious mutiny broke out in the prison, for which seven ring-leaders were prosecuted and at least two put to death on 29 October 1916: British Gunner Lewis, aged 30, shot at Rouen,[15] and New Zealand Private John (Jack) Braithwaite, 35 years old, shot at the prison.[16]
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| Blazon: Gules, 2 bends wavy argent, in chief a laurel crown Or, and on a canton azure 3 fleurs-de-lys Or. |
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| From | To | Name[17] | Party | Position |
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| 1962 | Paul Rouvier | |||
| 1989 | 2001 | Nicole Lefevre | ||
| 2001 | 2008 | Emmanual Potvin | DVG | |
| 2008 | Current | Jean-Louis Dor | LC | Retired |
Abancourt is a member of theCommunity of communes of Picardie Vert,[18] which comprises the communes ofFormerie,Grandvilliers,Marseille-en-Beauvaisis, andSongeons.
The commune is part of "Greater Beauvaisis", one of the sixteen constituent departments of the "Region ofHauts-de-France".
The commune participates in three inter-communal groups:
The principal 2006 municipal budget allocated 298,000euros to investment and 217,000 euros to services.[19]
In 2010, the poll tax (TH) collected by the commune was 3.40%, the property tax on developed properties was 22.29%, the property tax on vacant land was 21.71%, and the business tax (TP) was 11.93%.[20]
In 2020, 72.4% of the commune's residences were owned by their residents and 24.6% wererented.[21]
The inhabitants of the commune are known asAbancourtois (masculine) orAbancourtoises (feminine) in French.[22]
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| Abancourt | Oise | |||
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| Age Range | Men | Women | Men | Women |
| 0 to 14 Years | 22.3 | 21.5 | 21.0 | 19.5 |
| 15 to 29 Years | 16.0 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 16.7 |
| 30 to 44 Years | 19.7 | 17.5 | 19.7 | 19.6 |
| 45 to 59 Years | 19.7 | 18.0 | 20.8 | 20.1 |
| 60 to 74 Years | 17.7 | 19.5 | 14.8 | 15.4 |
| 75 to 89 Years | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 7.5 |
| 90 Years+ | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 1.2 |
Data for 2017. Source:INSEE[25][26]
The commune has two schools – an elementary school at Abancourt and a primary school at Hennicourt.[29]
In 2008, the town also had a bar/tobacconist, a bakery and a grocery store, located on the Main Street.
At the railway station there is a hotel, restaurant and a bar/tobacconist.
A hall is also available for hire.
