Canton of Crécy-en-Ponthieu explained

50.2531°N 1.8839°W

Type:	canton
Crécy-en-Ponthieu
Seat:	Crécy-en-Ponthieu
Nbcomm:	21
Insee:	80 19
Pop:	6023
Population As Of:	2012
Area:	225.59
Disbanded:	2015

The Canton of Crécy-en-Ponthieu is a former canton situated in the department of the Somme and in the Picardie region of northern France. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It had 6,023 inhabitants (2012).^[1]

Geography

The canton is organised around the commune of Crécy-en-Ponthieu in the arrondissement of Abbeville. The altitude varies from 7m at Dominois to 142m at Domléger-Longvillers for an average of 61m.

The canton comprised 21 communes:^[1]

• Le Boisle
• Boufflers
• Brailly-Cornehotte
• Conteville
• Crécy-en-Ponthieu
• Dominois
• Domléger-Longvillers
• Dompierre-sur-Authie
• Estrées-lès-Crécy
• Fontaine-sur-Maye
• Froyelles
• Gueschart
• Hiermont
• Ligescourt
• Maison-Ponthieu
• Neuilly-le-Dien
• Noyelles-en-Chaussée
• Ponches-Estruval
• Vitz-sur-Authie
• Yvrench
• Yvrencheux

Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
6881	7282	6711	6307	5939	5873
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

See also

• Arrondissements of the Somme department
• Cantons of the Somme department
• Communes of the Somme department

Notes and References

1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2119595/dep80.pdf Populations légales 2012: 80 Somme