Bécordel-Bécourt Explained

Bécordel-Bécourt
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Péronne
Canton:	Albert
Insee:	80073
Postal Code:	80300
Mayor:	Dominique Devillers^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Pays du Coquelicot
Coordinates:	49.9903°N 2.6861°W
Elevation M:	56
Elevation Min M:	50
Elevation Max M:	110
Area Km2:	3.57

Bécordel-Bécourt (pronounced as /fr/; before 1900: Bécourt-Bécordel^[2]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Situated on the D938 road, about 2miles southeast of Albert.

History

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

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

Notes and References

1. Web site: Répertoire national des élus: les maires. data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 2 December 2020. fr.
2. Paul Decagny, L'arrondissement de Péronne, ou recherches sur les villes, bourgs, villages et hameaux qui le composent (J. Quentin, 1844), p. 182.