Hyencourt-le-Grand | |
Arrondissement: | Péronne |
Canton: | Ham |
Commune: | Hypercourt |
Insee: | 80447 |
Postal Code: | 80320 |
Coordinates: | 49.822°N 2.8347°W |
Elevation M: | 98 |
Elevation Min M: | 75 |
Elevation Max M: | 98 |
Area Km2: | 2.95 |
Population: | 74 |
Population Date: | 2021 |
Population Footnotes: | [1] |
Hyencourt-le-Grand is a former commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. On 1 January 2017, it was merged into the new commune Hypercourt.[2]
The commune is situated on the D164 road, some 28miles southeast of Amiens in the area known as the Santerre.
The first reference to the village of Hyencourt-le-Grand occurs during the Middle Ages when a château was built here. All that remains of the château is the chapel of Saint-Léger, rebuilt after the First World War and restored by local people in 2005.Buried beneath the village is a World War I military hospital. Occasional subsidence indicates its presence.