Pont-de-Metz
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Pont-de-Metz is a commune
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...

 in 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....

 department in 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...

 in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

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Geography

The commune is situated on the D405 road, less than 3 miles (5 km) southwest from the centre of Amiens
Amiens
Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy...

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Population

style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 1.1em; margin-bottom: 0.5em"|Population history
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006
1016 1064 1028 1231 1494 1656 1849
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

Places of interest

  • Church of Saint Cyr and Sainte-Julitte
    Saint Quiricus and Saint Julietta
    Saint Julietta and her son Saint Quiricus were martyred in AD 304 in Tarsus.-Cyricus:...

    . Recently restored in the 21st century.
  • The war memorial, at the entrance to the graveyard.

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