Quend

Quend
Quend
Commune
	The beach at Quend-Plage
	Coat of arms
	Location of Quend
	Quend Quend
	Coordinates: 50°19′02″N 1°38′14″E / 50.3172°N 01.6372°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Rue
Intercommunality	CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Marc Volant
Area 1	37.78 km2 (14.59 sq mi)
Population (2021)	1,269
• Density	34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80649 /80120
Elevation	2–29 m (6.6–95.1 ft) ; (avg. 5 m or 16 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Quend (French pronunciation: [kɛ̃]; West Flemish: Kent) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. The inhabitants are known as Quennois.

Geography[edit]

Quend is situated between the estuaries of the Somme and the Authie, with the D940 connecting to the A16 motorway. Quend is a commune of several villages and hamlets (Monchaux, Routhiauville, Quend-Plage-Les-Pins and more).

History[edit]

Quend's church is dedicated to Saint Vaast, bishop of Arras in the 6th century. The steeple, which can be seen from miles around, was used as a triangulation point when creating the map of France. On 15 March 1905, lightning struck the steeple.

Quend-Plage-Les-Pins was razed during the Allied invasion of France in 1944.

Population[edit]

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,345	—
1975	1,315	−0.32%
1982	1,243	−0.80%
1990	1,209	−0.35%
1999	1,205	−0.04%
2007	1,387	+1.77%
2012	1,398	+0.16%
2017	1,396	−0.03%
Source: INSEE^[3]

Tourism and culture[edit]

Since 2005, A film festival has taken place at Quend-Plage-les-Pins.^[4]

Places and monuments[edit]

Personalities[edit]

Roger Noyon, artiste

References[edit]

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Film website

External links[edit]

Quend-Plage-Les-Pins website

[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[3] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

[4] Film website

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