Quend
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Quend |
| commune status | Commune |
| image | Quend 21 plage.jpg |
| caption | The beach at Quend-Plage |
| image coat of arms | Blason ville fr Quend 80.svg |
| arrondissement | Abbeville |
| canton | Rue |
| intercommunality | CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre |
| INSEE | 80649 |
| postal code | 80120 |
| mayor | Marc Volant |
| term | 2020–2026 |
| coordinates | |
| elevation m | 5 |
| elevation min m | 2 |
| elevation max m | 29 |
| area km2 | 37.78 |
| population | |
| population date | |
| population footnotes | |
| :: |
|name = Quend |commune status = Commune |image = Quend 21 plage.jpg |caption = The beach at Quend-Plage |image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Quend 80.svg |arrondissement = Abbeville |canton = Rue |intercommunality = CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre |INSEE = 80649 |postal code = 80120 |mayor = Marc Volant |term = 2020–2026 |coordinates = |elevation m = 5 |elevation min m = 2 |elevation max m = 29 |area km2 = 37.78 |population = |population date = |population footnotes =
Quend (; ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The inhabitants are known as Quennois.
Geography
Quend is situated between the estuaries of the Somme and the Authie, with the D940 connecting to the A16 motorway. Quend is a commune of several villages and hamlets (Monchaux, Routhiauville, Quend-Plage-Les-Pins and more).
History
Quend's church is dedicated to Saint Vaast, bishop of Arras in the 6th century. The steeple, which can be seen from miles around, was used as a triangulation point when creating the map of France. On 15 March 1905, lightning struck the steeple.
Quend-Plage-Les-Pins was razed during the Allied invasion of France in 1944.
Population
| 1968|1345 | 1975|1315 | 1982|1243 | 1990|1209 | 1999|1205 | 2007|1387 | 2012|1398 | 2017|1396 | source = INSEE | percentages = pagr | align = none
Tourism and culture
Since 2005, A film festival has taken place at Quend-Plage-les-Pins.
Places and monuments
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Quend_12_eglise.jpg" caption="The chapel at Quend-Plage"] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Quend-Plage,_Somme,_Fr,_moules_de_bouchots.jpg" caption="Mussel culture."] ::
::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/Quend-Plage_(Somme)_résurrection_d'épave.jpg" caption="Wrecked."] ::
Personalities
- Roger Noyon, artiste
References
References
- (13 September 2022). "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises.
- [https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-80649#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060807054559/http://www.cineb2somme.fr/Frames/Groland_main_new.html Film website]
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