Friville-Escarbotin

Friville-Escarbotin
Coat of arms
Friville-Escarbotin
Location within Picardy region Friville-Escarbotin
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Friville-Escarbotin
Intercommunality	Vimeu Industriel
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Claude Guerandelle
Area1	8.86 km2 (3.42 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	4,653
• Density	530/km2 (1,400/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80368 / 80130
Elevation	55–112 m (180–367 ft) (avg. 95 m or 312 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.

Friville-Escarbotin (French pronunciation: ​[fʁivil‿ɛskaʁbɔˈtɛ̃]) is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D2 and D229 crossroads, 21 kilometres (13 mi) west of Abbeville.

Monuments

The monument aux morts in this commune features sculptural work by Albert-Dominique Roze. A montage of photographs of this work is shown below.

A montage of photographs of the monument aux morts at Friville-Escarbotin

Population

Historical population of Friville-Escarbotin

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	4076	4363	4693	4844	4737	4646	4653
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Official municipal website (French)
• Friville-Escarbotin on the Quid website (French)
• Monument aux Morts (Western Somme) -An article in English on the Monument aux morts of the Western Somme