Ponthoile

Ponthoile
Ponthoile
Location within Picardy region Ponthoile
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Nouvion
Intercommunality	Canton of Nouvion-en-Ponthieu
Government
• Mayor (2014–2020)	Henri Poupart
Area1	19.41 km2 (7.49 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	610
• Density	31/km2 (81/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80633 / 80860
Elevation	2–31 m (6.6–101.7 ft) (avg. 6 m or 20 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.

Ponthoile is a commune in the Somme department of Picardie in northern France.

Geography

Ponthoile is situated on the D235 road, some 15 km northwest of Abbeville, near the bay of the Somme.

History

In 1346, during the Hundred Years War, English troops burnt and pillaged the towns of the Ponthieu on their way to the Battle of Crécy. Ponthoile was attacked on Saint-Barthélémy’s day, 24 August, just two days before the battle, burning down the 12th-century church.

In the 13th century, there were 180 homes in Ponthoile, according to Dom Grenier. After the ravages of the wars against the English and Burgundians, according to English statistics, there were only 48. The population of Ponthoile subsequently increase slowly into the middle of the 19th century, before declining again, as farming became mechanisied and people left for the big cities

Demography

Population history

1698	1772	1831	1851	1860	1901	1921	1946	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
300	399	728	878	904	851	715	661	569	599	537	509	502	547	610
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Main sights

• Memorial to the aviation pioneers, the brothers Caudron.
• Church of Saint Pierre. Badly damaged by two fires, it was decided, in 1836, to build a bigger, better church in brick and slate.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Ponthoile municipal website (French)
• Ponthoile on the Quid website (French)
• Charter of the commune of Ponthoile (French)