Bécordel-Bécourt

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Location of Bécordel-Bécourt

(2020–2026) Dominique Devillers^[1]Area

3.57 km² (1.38 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

153 • Density43/km² (110/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

80073 /80300

Elevation50–110 m (160–360 ft)
(avg. 56 m or 184 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Bécordel-Bécourt (French pronunciation: [bekɔʁdɛl bekuʁ]; before 1900: Bécourt-Bécordel^[3]^[4]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Situated on the D938 road, about 2 miles (3 km) southeast of Albert.

History

The village of Bécourt was destroyed in the First World War, see Battle of Albert (1914).

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	146	—
1975	144	−0.20%
1982	142	−0.20%
1990	139	−0.27%
1999	122	−1.44%
2007	169	+4.16%
2012	163	−0.72%
2017	160	−0.37%
Source: INSEE^[5]

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Des villages de Cassini aux communes d'aujourd'hui: Commune data sheet Bécordel-Bécourt, EHESS (in French).
^ Paul Decagny, L'arrondissement de Péronne, ou recherches sur les villes, bourgs, villages et hameaux qui le composent (J. Quentin, 1844), p. 182.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE