Noyelles-sur-Mer (French pronunciation: [nwajɛl syʁ mɛʁ], literally Noyelles on Sea) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Noyelles-sur-Mer | |
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Commune | |
The Baie de Somme, near Noyelles-sur-Mer | |
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Location of Noyelles-sur-Mer ![]() | |
Noyelles-sur-Mer Noyelles-sur-Mer | |
| Coordinates: 50°11′04″N 1°42′35″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Abbeville |
| Canton | Abbeville-1 |
| Intercommunality | CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2022–2026) | Martial Balsamo[1] |
| Area 1 | 20.01 km2 (7.73 sq mi) |
| Population | 685 |
| • Density | 34/km2 (89/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80600 /80860 |
| Elevation | 0–42 m (0–138 ft) (avg. 7 m or 23 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Noyelles-sur-Mer is situated on the coast, facing the English Channel, on the D11 and D40 junction, some 13 kilometres (8 mi) northwest of Abbeville.
Noyelles has a railway station on the Boulogne–Amiens line. There is also a heritage railway at Noyelles, the Chemin de Fer de la Baie de Somme, which formed part of the Réseau des Bains de Mer system. A dual gauge line goes to Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, and a metre gauge line continues on to Cayeux. Another metre gauge line goes to Le Crotoy. A further metre gauge line, now closed, went to Forest-l'Abbaye, where it connected with the line between Abbeville and Dompierre-sur-Authie.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 939 | — |
| 1975 | 908 | −0.48% |
| 1982 | 813 | −1.57% |
| 1990 | 802 | −0.17% |
| 1999 | 742 | −0.86% |
| 2007 | 867 | +1.97% |
| 2012 | 767 | −2.42% |
| 2017 | 730 | −0.98% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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