Vaux-sur-Somme

Vaux-sur-Somme
Commune
The town hall in Vaux-sur-Somme
Location of Vaux-sur-Somme
Vaux-sur-Somme Show map of France Vaux-sur-Somme Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 49°55′20″N 2°33′04″E / 49.9222°N 2.5511°E / 49.9222; 2.5511
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Corbie
Intercommunality	Val de Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Philippe Gosselin[1]
Area ^1	5.18 km^2 (2.00 sq mi)
Population  (2022)[2]	272
• Density	52.5/km^2 (136/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80784 /80800
Elevation	27–111 m (89–364 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Vaux-sur-Somme (French pronunciation: [vo syʁ sɔm], literally Vaux on Somme; Picard: Veux-su-Sonme) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

History

Vaux-sur-Somme is notable as the place where famous flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron, was shot down and killed during World War I on April 21, 1918.

Demographics

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	229	—
1975	208	−1.36%
1982	224	+1.06%
1990	320	+4.56%
1999	339	+0.64%
2007	325	−0.53%
2012	304	−1.33%
2017	308	+0.26%
2019	306	−0.33%
Source: INSEE[3][4]

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations de référence 2022" (in French). National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 19 December 2024.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
4. Populations légales 2019: 80 Somme, INSEE