The Canton of Combles is a canton

Cantons of France

The cantons of France are territorial subdivisions of the French Republic's 342 arrondissements and 101 departments.Apart from their role as organizational units in certain aspects of the administration of public services and justice, the chief purpose of the cantons today is to serve as...

 situated in the department of the Somme

Somme

Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France....

 and in the Picardie

Picardie

Picardy is one of the 27 regions of France. It is located in the northern part of France.-History:The historical province of Picardy stretched from north of Noyon to Calais, via the whole of the Somme department and the north of the Aisne department...

 region

Régions of France

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 of northern France

France

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.

Geography

The canton is organised around the commune of Combles

Combles

Combles is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Combles is situated on the D20 road, some northeast of Amiens.-History:...

 in the arrondissement of Péronne

Arrondissement of Péronne

The arrondissement of Péronne is an arrondissement of France, located in the Somme département, in the Picardie région. It has 8 cantons and 169 communes.-Cantons:The cantons of the arrondissement of Péronne are:# Albert# Bray-sur-Somme...

. The altitude varies from 42 m (Curlu

Curlu

Curlu is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Curlu is situated on the D146 road, on the banks of the river Somme, some east of Amiens.-Population:-External links:*...

) à 157 m (Ginchy

Ginchy

Ginchy is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Ginchy is situated on the D20 road, some northeast of Amiens.-Population:-External links:*...

) for an average of 104m.

Composition

The canton of Combles comprises 22 communes

Communes of France

The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...

, none of which exceeds a population of 700, for a total of 3,780 inhabitants (census of 1999, without double counting).

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Commune	Population	Post Code	INSEE Code
Carnoy Carnoy Carnoy is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Carnoy is situated on the D254 road, some northeast of Amiens.-Population:-External links:*...	85	80300	80175
Combles Combles Combles is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Combles is situated on the D20 road, some northeast of Amiens.-History:...	676	80360	80204
Curlu Curlu Curlu is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Curlu is situated on the D146 road, on the banks of the river Somme, some east of Amiens.-Population:-External links:*...	111	80360	80231
Équancourt Équancourt Équancourt is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Équancourt is situated on the D58 road, some northwest of Saint Quentin.-Population:-External links:*...	280	80360	80275
Étricourt-Manancourt Étricourt-Manancourt Étricourt-Manancourt is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Étricourt-Manancourt is situated on the D43 road, some east-northeast of Amiens.-Population:-External links:* *...	400	80360	80298
Flers Flers, Somme Flers is a commune near the northern edge of the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.It lies to the south of the D929 road, between Albert and Bapaume.-History:...	138	80360	80314
Ginchy Ginchy Ginchy is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Ginchy is situated on the D20 road, some northeast of Amiens.-Population:-External links:*...	56	80360	80378
Gueudecourt Gueudecourt Gueudecourt is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-History:During the Battle of the Somme, the town of Gueudecourt had comprised one of the most distant objectives for the British drive that opened on 15 September 1916, a drive that has come to be known as the Battle...	104	80360	80397
Guillemont Guillemont Guillemont is a commune roughly 8 miles east of Albert in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.It, like much of the surrounding area, is primarily an agricultural community, but is known for its large cemetery, which has become a tourist attraction...	114	80360	80401
Hardecourt-aux-Bois Hardecourt-aux-Bois Hardecourt-aux-Bois is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D146b road, some northeast of Amiens.-Population:-External links:*...	84	80360	80418
Hem-Monacu Hem-Monacu Hem-Monacu is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D146 road, some northeast of Amiens, by the banks of the Somme River. The A1 autoroute is less than away-Population:...	98	80360	80428
Lesbœufs Lesbœufs Lesbœufs is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Lesbœufs is situated on the D74 road, about half a mile from the A1 autoroute, some northeast of Amiens.-History:...	151	80360	80472
Longueval Longueval Longueval is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Longueval is located 24 miles northwest of Amiens on the D919 road, at the junction with the D8....	248	80360	80490
Maricourt Maricourt Maricourt is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France. It is twinned with Brundall, Norfolk, England.-Geography:Maricourt is situated on the D938 road, some southeast of Amiens.-Population:-The Commonwealth Cemetery:...	145	80360	80513
Maurepas Maurepas, Somme Maurepas is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Maurepas is situated on the D146 road, some northeast of Amiens, about a mile from the A1 autoroute.-Population:-External links:*...	215	80360	80521
Mesnil-en-Arrouaise Mesnil-en-Arrouaise Mesnil-en-Arrouaise is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D172 road, some southwest of Cambrai, in the ancient region of the Arrouaise, which, to the Romans, was a forest-frontier.....	124	80360	80538
Montauban-de-Picardie Montauban-de-Picardie Montauban-de-Picardie is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated on the D64 road, some northeast of Amiens.-First World War:...	197	80300	80560
Rancourt Rancourt, Somme Rancourt is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Population:-External links:*...	144	80360	80664
Sailly-Saillisel Sailly-Saillisel Sailly-Saillisel is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:The commune is situated some northeast of Amiens, on the N17 and D172 roads, close to the border with the Pas-de-Calais.-History:...	410	80360	80695

Population

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1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
4352	4569	4050	3886	3807	3780
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting Population without double counting Population without double counting is an English translation of the phrase Population sans doubles comptes.In France, for the purposes of the census, the INSEE has defined several population indicators that allow people who live in more than one place to be counted in each place, to study and keep...

See also

• Somme
  Somme
  Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France....
  
  
• Arrondissements of the Somme department
• Cantons of the Somme department
• Communes of the Somme department

External links

• The canton of Combles on the Insee website