Bouzincourt Explained

Bouzincourt
Commune Status:	Commune
Arrondissement:	Péronne
Canton:	Albert
Insee:	80129
Postal Code:	80300
Mayor:	Michel Letesse^[1]
Term:	2020 - 2026
Intercommunality:	Pays du Coquelicot
Coordinates:	50.0272°N 2.6125°W
Elevation M:	106
Elevation Min M:	67
Elevation Max M:	134
Area Km2:	8.11

Bouzincourt (in French pronounced as /buzɛ̃kuʁ/) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

The name Bouzincourt is derived from the words for forest (bosquet) and the typical Picardy village suffix '-court' . It was therefore a wooded village.

Geography

Bouzincourt is situated on the junction of the D938 and D20 roads, some 18miles northeast of Amiens.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Honore was destroyed during World War I but reconstructed in 1920 in the shape of a bullet. The tower is 36m high.
• The stained-glass windows were restored by l'École de Nancy, and are worthy of attention.
• The ‘muches’, man-made tunnels where the population hid during times of war.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

External links

• Bouzincourt, Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot

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.