Estrées-lès-Crécy

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

Location of Estrées-lès-Crécy

(2020–2026) Isabelle Alexandre^[1]Area

11.19 km² (4.32 sq mi)Population

(2021)^[2]

396 • Density35/km² (92/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal code

80290 /80150

Elevation33–84 m (108–276 ft)
(avg. 75 m or 246 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Estrées-lès-Crécy (French pronunciation: [ɛstʁe lɛ kʁesi], literally Estrées near Crécy; Picard: Étrèe-lès-Carcy) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D938 road, near the site of the Battle of Crecy, 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of Abbeville.

Railway

There was a railway station (Crécy-Estrées) on the branch of the Réseau des Bains de Mer which ran between Abbeville and Dompierre-sur-Authie. It opened on 19 June 1892 and closed to passengers on 10 March 1947. It closed to freight on 1 February 1951.

Population

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	406	—
1975	380	−0.94%
1982	358	−0.85%
1990	353	−0.18%
1999	362	+0.28%
2007	367	+0.17%
2012	393	+1.38%
2017	391	−0.10%
Source: INSEE^[3]

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.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE