Longueau

Longueau
Coat of arms
Longueau
Location within Picardy region Longueau
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Amiens 4
Intercommunality	Amiens Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Joël Brunet
Area1	3.42 km2 (1.32 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	5,246
• Density	1,500/km2 (4,000/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80489 / 80330
Elevation	23–64 m (75–210 ft) (avg. 28 m or 92 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.

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

Geography

Longueau is situated 4 miles (6 km) southeast of Amiens, a suburb just by the airport, on the N29 road

Population

Population history

1936	1946	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
3906	2770	4811	5316	5485	5598	5309	4940	5210	5246
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

The town was once a railway centre. The reinforced concrete depot, now a registered historic monument is one of four designed by Bernard Lafaille between the two world wars.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department
• Gare de Longueau

References

• INSEE

External links

• Longueau on the Quid website (French)