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Prouzel

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Country
  
France

Department
  
Somme

Canton
  
Conty

Area
  
5.19 km²

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Arrondissement
  
Amiens

Intercommunality
  
Canton of Conty

Local time
  
Tuesday 5:40 PM

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Weather
  
17°C, Wind SW at 19 km/h, 57% Humidity

Prouzel is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Contents

Map of 80160 Prouzel, France

Geography

Prouzel is situated on the D8b road, some 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Amiens, near the banks of the river Selle.

Places of interest

  • sixteenth-century church of Notre-Dame de la Nativité, with baptismal fonts from the twelfth century
  • 17th-century château
  • The ‘Coulée verte’ (en: ’Green Trail’). When the local railway closed in 1939, the derelict line was eventually converted into a pleasant nature trail.
  • 18th-century pigeon house

    • Personalities

    Gabriel Ferez, a student from Prouzel, was murdered in south London in June 2008.

    References

    Prouzel Wikipedia
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