Billancourt

Billancourt ( Picard: Billancourt ) is a northern French village with 175 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Somme in the Picardie region. The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Montdidier, in the canton of Roye and is part of the Communauté de communes du Pays Neslois.

Geography

The immediately south of Nesle on the road D234 department located municipality is bounded on the west by the department of road D930 and on the east by the department of road D15.

History

The municipality received the Croix de guerre as a distinction from 1914 to 1918.

Population

Management

Mayor ( maire ) since 2008 Claude Patry.

Personalities

  • François- Louis du Maitz de Goimpy, French naval officer, died in 1807 in Billancourt castle, commanded a naval squadron in the American War of Independence.
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