Daours

Daours
Commune
The church in Daours
Location of Daours
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Coordinates: 49°54′09″N 2°27′00″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Amiens-3
Intercommunality	Val de Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Didier Bardet[1]
Area ^1	8.65 km^2 (3.34 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	773
• Density	89/km^2 (230/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80234 /80800
Elevation	22–96 m (72–315 ft) (avg. 53 m or 174 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Daours (French pronunciation: [duʁ]; Picard: Dour) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Daours is situated on the D1 road, on the banks of the river Somme, some 7 miles (11 km) east of Amiens. Daours station has rail connections to Amiens and Albert.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	718	—
1975	788	+1.34%
1982	762	−0.48%
1990	789	+0.44%
1999	768	−0.30%
2007	777	+0.15%
2012	815	+0.96%
2017	797	−0.45%
Source: INSEE[3]

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

• South Africans buried in Daours Communal Cemetery Extension