Gorges, Somme

Gorges
Commune
The town hall in Gorges
Location of Gorges
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Coordinates: 50°06′37″N 2°10′43″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Doullens
Intercommunality	CC Territoire Nord Picardie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Guy Delattre[1]
Area ^1	4.87 km^2 (1.88 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	38
• Density	7.8/km^2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80381 /80370
Elevation	95–147 m (312–482 ft) (avg. 135 m or 443 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Gorges (French pronunciation: [ɡɔʁʒ] ^ⓘ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Gorges is situated on the D933 road, some 20 miles (32 km) east of Abbeville.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1836 200 —     1896 126 −0.77% 1962 62 −1.07% 1968 70 +2.04% 1975 53 −3.90% 1982 44 −2.62%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1990 42 −0.58% 1999 47 +1.26% 2007 43 −1.11% 2012 42 −0.47% 2017 40 −0.97%
Source: EHESS[3] and INSEE (1968–2017)[4]

World War II

After the liberation of the area by Allied Forces in 1944, engineers of the Ninth Air Force IX Engineering Command began construction of a combat Advanced Landing Ground outside of the town. Declared operational on 16 August, the airfield was designated as "A-26", it was used by the 379th Bombardment Group which flew B-26 Marauder medium bombers until early September when the unit moved into Central France. Afterward, the airfield was closed.^[5][6]

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. Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Gorges, EHESS (in French).
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. Johnson, David C. (1988), U.S. Army Air Forces Continental Airfields (ETO), D-Day to V-E Day; Research Division, USAF Historical Research Center, Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
6. Maurer, Maurer. Air Force Combat Units of World War II. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History, 1983. ISBN 0-89201-092-4.