Buire-Courcelles

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 / 49.9278°N 3.0153°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.

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.