Forest-l'Abbaye | |
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.jpg) The church in Forest-l'Abbaye | |
 Location of Forest-l'Abbaye | |
  Forest-l'Abbaye  Forest-l'Abbaye | |
| Coordinates:50°12′10″N1°49′24″E / 50.2028°N 1.8233°E /50.2028; 1.8233 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville |
| Canton | Abbeville-1 |
| Intercommunality | CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Daniel Wallet[1] |
Area 1 | 3.3 km2 (1.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 314 |
| • Density | 95/km2 (250/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80331 /80150 |
| Elevation | 29–63 m (95–207 ft) (avg. 40 m or 130 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Forest-l'Abbaye (French pronunciation:[fɔʁɛlabei];Picard:Fèr-l'Abbie) is acommune in theSommedepartment inHauts-de-France in northernFrance.
The commune is situated on the D105 road, on the edge of the forest ofCrécy, 13 kilometres (8 mi) north ofAbbeville.
There was a station on theRéseau des Bains de Mer located on the line fromAbbeville toDompierre-sur-Authie, opened on 19 June 1892. Forest-l'Abbaye was the junction for the branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer toNoyelles-sur-Mer, which opened on 24 August 1892. The station and both lines closed to passengers on 10 March 1947. The line to Abbeville closed to freight on that date, but the line to Noyelles remained open to freight until 1 February 1951.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | 356 | — |
| 1975 | 322 | −1.42% |
| 1982 | 290 | −1.48% |
| 1990 | 307 | +0.71% |
| 1999 | 306 | −0.04% |
| 2007 | 315 | +0.36% |
| 2012 | 304 | −0.71% |
| 2017 | 301 | −0.20% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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