Quevauvillers (French pronunciation: ​[kəvovile]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Quevauvillers
Commune
The church in Quevauvillers
Location of Quevauvillers
Quevauvillers Show map of France Quevauvillers Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 49°49′27″N 2°05′05″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Ailly-sur-Somme
Intercommunality	CC Somme Sud-Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Dominique Dussuelle[1]
Area 1	8.82 km2 (3.41 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2019)[2]	1,085
• Density	120/km2 (320/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80656 /80710
Elevation	95–157 m (312–515 ft) (avg. 139 m or 456 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

Quevauvillers is situated on the N29 road, some 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Amiens.

Population

History

The village of Quevauvillers first appears in Roman times as Equitum villa (residence of the riders) and would haver been a staging post on the Roman road from Amiens to Rouen.
During the wars with the Normans near the end of the first millennium, the village was completely destroyed.

Personalities

Jean-Pierre Pernaut, television reporter, spent his childhood here.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

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