Lanchères

Lanchères
Lanchères
Commune
	The "Maison de l'oiseau".
	Coat of arms
	Location of Lanchères
	Lanchères Lanchères
	Coordinates: 50°09′34″N 1°33′36″E / 50.1594°N 1.56°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Friville-Escarbotin
Intercommunality	CA Baie de Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Yves Blondin
Area 1	16.39 km2 (6.33 sq mi)
Population (2021)	918
• Density	56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80464 /80230
Elevation	1–47 m (3.3–154.2 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.

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

Geography

The commune is situated on the D940 road, some 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Abbeville.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	762	—
1975	797	+0.64%
1982	775	−0.40%
1990	826	+0.80%
1999	834	+0.11%
2007	989	+2.15%
2012	962	−0.55%
2017	915	−1.00%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Personalities

Paul Vimereu, author, spent his childhood at Lanchères
Jean de Poutrincourt from Poutrincourt, a hamlet of Lanchères. He set sail in 1605 for Acadia, (nowadays Nova Scotia), to be Lieutenant-general. The ruins of his château can still be seen at Poutrincourt.