Méaulte

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Jean-Michel Fournier^[1]Area10.75 km² (4.15 sq mi)Population1,266 • Density120/km² (310/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation42–112 m (138–367 ft)
(avg. 86 m or 282 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Méaulte (French pronunciation: [meolt]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D329 road, some 20 miles (32 km) northeast of Amiens.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	1,048	—
1975	1,022	−0.36%
1982	1,074	+0.71%
1990	1,259	+2.01%
1999	1,254	−0.04%
2007	1,316	+0.61%
2012	1,312	−0.06%
2017	1,254	−0.90%
Source: INSEE[3]

Personalities

• Henry Potez (1891–1981), aeroplane maker, was born in Méaulte. He built a factory here and began making Potez aeroplanes in 1924.
  Today, the factory is part of the pan-European group Airbus

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References