Méaulte

Méaulte
Méaulte
	Méaulte
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Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Pays du Coquelicot
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Philippe Wallon
Area1	10.75 km2 (4.15 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	1,352
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80523 / 80300
Elevation	42–112 m (138–367 ft); (avg. 86 m or 282 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Méaulte is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D329 road, some 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Amiens.

Population history
1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
1016	1048	1022	1074	1259	1254	1352
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Henry Potez (1891–1981), aeroplane maker, was born in Méaulte. He built a factory here and began making Potez aeroplanes in 1924.
Today, the factory is part of the pan-European group Airbus

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Méaulte
Méaulte
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Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Pays du Coquelicot
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Philippe Wallon
Area¹	10.75 km² (4.15 sq mi)
Population (2006)²	1,352
• Density	130/km² (330/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80523 / 80300
Elevation	42–112 m (138–367 ft) (avg. 86 m or 282 ft)
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.