Caours (French pronunciation: [ka.uʁ]; Picard: Cœu) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Caours
The town hall in Caours
The town hall in Caours
Location of Caours
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Caours is located in France
Caours
Caours
Caours is located in Hauts-de-France
Caours
Caours
Coordinates: 50°07′53″N 1°52′59″E / 50.1314°N 1.8831°E / 50.1314; 1.8831
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentSomme
ArrondissementAbbeville
CantonAbbeville-1
IntercommunalityCA Baie de Somme
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Bernard Duquesne[1]
Area
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6.13 km2 (2.37 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
581
 • Density95/km2 (250/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
80171 /80132
Elevation6–87 m (20–285 ft)
(avg. 15 m or 49 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

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Caours is situated some 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Abbeville, on the D482 road heading towards Saint-Riquier.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 388—    
1975 508+3.92%
1982 567+1.58%
1990 599+0.69%
1999 592−0.13%
2007 598+0.13%
2012 610+0.40%
2017 603−0.23%
Source: INSEE[3]

History

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Stone-age archaeology

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The fluvial deposits of the Somme around Caours have been well known to archaeologists in the latter part of the 20th century, are remains of a time when climate was more temperate. The last interglacial, once known under the name of Riss-Würm, was between 130,000 and 115,000 years ago. The area has produced the remains of mammals of this Paleolithic era, notably antlers and bone. A joint research programme by the INRAP and the CNRS in 2005, has produced interesting results about Neandertal man. [4][5]

The theory that once explained the disappearance of the Neandertals, the inability to adapt to climatic
change has suddenly been put into perspective by the site of Caours.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ Article sur le site de l'INRAP : Néandertal s'invite à l'Eémien Archived December 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine (page consultée le 5 mars 2007)
  5. ^ Communiqué de presse de l'INRAP : Néandertal s'invite à l'Eémien Archived December 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine (page consultée le 5 mars 2007)
  6. ^ Jean-Philippe Noël, « Neandertal. Le mystère de sa disparition s'épaissit », dans Science et Vie, no. 1074, mars 2007, pp. 86-88.