Caours | |
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.JPG) The town hall in Caours | |
 Location of Caours | |
  Caours  Caours | |
| Coordinates:50°07′53″N1°52′59″E / 50.1314°N 1.8831°E /50.1314; 1.8831 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville |
| Canton | Abbeville-1 |
| Intercommunality | CA Baie de Somme |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Bernard Duquesne[1] |
Area 1 | 6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 565 |
| • Density | 92.2/km2 (239/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80171 /80132 |
| Elevation | 6–87 m (20–285 ft) (avg. 15 m or 49 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Caours (French pronunciation:[ka.uʁ];Picard:Cœu) is acommune in theSommedepartment inHauts-de-France in northernFrance.
Caours is situated some 3 miles (5 km) northeast ofAbbeville, on the D482 road heading towardsSaint-Riquier.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 388 | — |
| 1975 | 508 | +3.92% |
| 1982 | 567 | +1.58% |
| 1990 | 599 | +0.69% |
| 1999 | 592 | −0.13% |
| 2007 | 598 | +0.13% |
| 2012 | 610 | +0.40% |
| 2017 | 603 | −0.23% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
Thefluvial deposits of theSomme around Caours have been well known to archaeologists in the latter part of the 20th century, are remains of a time when climate was more temperate. The lastinterglacial, once known under the name ofRiss-Würm, was between 130,000 and 115,000 years ago. The area has produced the remains of mammals of thisPaleolithic era, notablyantlers andbone. A joint research programme by theINRAP and theCNRS in 2005, has produced interesting results aboutNeandertal man.[4][5]
The theory that once explained the disappearance of the Neandertals, the inability to adapt to climatic
change has suddenly been put into perspective by the site of Caours.[6]
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