Agenville | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Amiens |
Canton: | Doullens |
Insee: | 80005 |
Postal Code: | 80370 |
Mayor: | Ludivine Lefort[1] |
Term: | 2022 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Territoire Nord Picardie |
Coordinates: | 50.1664°N 2.1036°W |
Elevation M: | 140 |
Elevation Min M: | 88 |
Elevation Max M: | 136 |
Area Km2: | 3.3 |
Agenville (in French pronounced as /aʒɑ̃vil/; Picard: Adinville) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
The commune is a village of mixed farming situated 25km (16miles) northeast of Abbeville on the D56 road. It is surrounded by the communes Domléger-Longvillers, Conteville and Prouville.
Destroyed by the English at the time of the battle of Crecy in 1346 and rebuilt on a new site.Rebuilt after the bombardments of 1944, when 95% of the village was destroyed, as the V1 rocket site was nearby.Agenville was once a centre of a pilgrimage.