Dernancourt

Dernancourt
Commune
Dernancourt Town Hall, 2014
Coat of arms
Location of Dernancourt
Dernancourt Location within France Show map of France Dernancourt Location within Hauts-de-France Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 49°58′29″N 2°37′54″E / 49.9747°N 2.6317°E / 49.9747; 2.6317
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Pays du Coquelicot
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Sylvain Lequeux
Area 1	6.63 km2 (2.56 sq mi)
Elevation	46 m (151 ft)
Highest elevation	107 m (351 ft)
Lowest elevation	39 m (128 ft)
Population  (2023)	517
• Density	78.0/km2 (202/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80238 /80300
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Dernancourt (French pronunciation: [dɛʁnɑ̃kuʁ]; Picard: Dèrnincourt) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Dernancourt is situated on the D52 road, some 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Amiens.

Population

Places and monuments

The commune was considerably affected by World War I. The First and Second Battles of Dernancourt were fought there. 127 Commonwealth soldiers are buried in the Dernancourt Communal Cemetery and 2167 are buried in the Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension.

Heraldry

Divided wavy: in the 1st part, I or a steam locomotive on its bored rails, all sable, in the 2nd gules a kangaroo and its young in its pouch or, in the 2nd vert seven ears of wheat grasped in a fan or and tied gules; overall a wavy fess azure over the partition. Created by Jean-François Binon. Presented during the mayor's New Year's address on January 13, 2023.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dernancourt.

• The Commonwealth cemetery Archived 2009-03-08 at the Wayback Machine
• South Africans buried in Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension