Doingt

{{Infobox French commune

|name = Doingt

|commune status = Commune

|image = Souillard - PERONNE (1909) - La Gare en construction.JPG

|caption = The railway station of Péronne-Flamicourt, in 1909

|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Doingt 80.svg

|arrondissement = Péronne

|canton = Péronne

|INSEE = 80240

|postal code = 80200

|mayor = Romuald Helfried{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|website=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=2 December 2020|language=fr}}

|term = 2020–2026

|intercommunality = Haute Somme

|coordinates = {{coord|49.9236|2.9661|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

|elevation m = 150

|elevation min m = 47

|elevation max m = 113

|area km2 = 8.61

|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}

|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}

|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}

}}

Doingt ({{IPA|fr|dwɛ̃}}) is a commune in the Somme department of Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Doingt is situated on the D937 and D199 junction, on the banks of the river Somme, some {{Convert|30|mi|km|0}} east of Amiens.

History

During World War I the settlement was destroyed. A Commonwealth cemetery is just outside the town. The village and its church has been rebuilt and, in 2023, a crucifix, salvaged from the ruins of the village's church by a British military chaplain after the Battle of the Somme and placed in All Saints' Church, Tinwell in Rutland, England, was returned to the new church.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-66042731|title=Crucifix returned from England to France after 107 years|date=3 July 2023|work=BBC News}}

Population

{{Historical populations

|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-80240#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE

|percentages = pagr

|align = none

|1968 |1542

|1975 |1564

|1982 |1449

|1990 |1415

|1999 |1383

|2007 |1323

|2012 |1334

|2017 |1427

}}

References

External links

[http://www.cwgc.org/find-a-cemetery/cemetery/4500 CWG Cemetery]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001161223/http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=31606&req=Doingt Doingt on the Quid website] {{in lang|fr}}

Category:Communes of Somme (department)