Bécordel-Bécourt

Bécordel-Bécourt
Bécordel-Bécourt
Location within Hauts-de-France region Bécordel-Bécourt
Coordinates: 49°59′25″N 2°41′10″E / 49.9903°N 2.6861°E / 49.9903; 2.6861Coordinates: 49°59′25″N 2°41′10″E / 49.9903°N 2.6861°E / 49.9903; 2.6861
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Pays du Coquelicot
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Léon Villain
Area¹	3.57 km² (1.38 sq mi)
Population (2010)²	164
• Density	46/km² (120/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	80073 / 80300
Elevation	50–110 m (160–360 ft) (avg. 56 m or 184 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Bécordel-Bécourt (formerly known as Bécourt-Bécordel^[1]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Situated on the D938 road, about 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Albert.

The village of Bécourt was destroyed in the First World War, see Battle of Albert (1914).

Historical population of Bécordel-Bécourt
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	147	146	144	142	139	122	171
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

↑ Paul Decagny, L'arrondissement de Péronne, ou recherches sur les villes, bourgs, villages et hameaux qui le composent (J. Quentin, 1844), p. 182.

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Communes of the Somme department

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