Buire-Courcelles

Buire-Courcelles
Commune
The church in Buire-Courcelles
Location of Buire-Courcelles
Buire-Courcelles Buire-Courcelles
Coordinates: 49°55′40″N 3°00′55″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Péronne
Intercommunality	Haute Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	David Hé
Area 1	7.76 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	218
• Density	28/km2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80150 /80200
Elevation	56–133 m (184–436 ft) (avg. 50 m or 160 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Buire-Courcelles (French pronunciation: [bɥiʁ kuʁsɛl]; Picard: Buire-Courchelle) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D199 road, some 14 miles (23 km) northeast of Saint-Quentin.

Etymology

• Buire : Of Celtic origin, meaning 'a slope', Buire has been successively Buracum and Buiciera.
• Courcelles Also of Celtic origin, meaning a group of houses. This hamlet was a commune before the French Revolution and attached to Buire in 1794.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	302	—
1975	316	+0.65%
1982	291	−1.17%
1990	283	−0.35%
1999	284	+0.04%
2007	257	−1.24%
2012	242	−1.20%
2017	234	−0.67%
Source: INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Somme department