Driencourt | |
Commune Status: | Commune |
Arrondissement: | Péronne |
Canton: | Péronne |
Insee: | 80258 |
Postal Code: | 80240 |
Mayor: | Katy Ondicana Gomez[1] |
Term: | 2022 - 2026 |
Intercommunality: | Haute Somme |
Coordinates: | 49.9592°N 3.0106°W |
Elevation M: | 40 |
Elevation Min M: | 65 |
Elevation Max M: | 139 |
Area Km2: | 5 |
Driencourt (in French pronounced as /dʁijɛ̃kuʁ/; Picard: Dryincourt) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Driencourt is situated on the D181 road, some 15miles northwest of Saint-Quentin.
As with many towns in this part of France, World War I saw the place reduced to rubble.A Parisian architect, Jacques Debat-Ponsan, was employed to design and reconstruct the town's public buildings.