Saint-Sauflieu

Saint-Sauflieu
Commune
The town hall in Saint-Sauflieu
Coat of arms
Location of Saint-Sauflieu
Saint-Sauflieu Saint-Sauflieu
Coordinates: 49°47′24″N 2°15′14″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Ailly-sur-Noye
Intercommunality	Amiens Métropole
Government
• Mayor (2023–2026)	Magali Contant
Area 1	7.76 km2 (3.00 sq mi)
Population  (2021)	985
• Density	130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80717 /80160
Elevation	79–137 m (259–449 ft) (avg. 120 m or 390 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Saint-Sauflieu (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ soflijø]; Picard: Saint-Souillu) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated 9 miles (14 km) south of Amiens, just off the N1 road. To the immediate west of the commune are the traces of the Chaussée Brunehaut, an ancient Roman road joining Caesaromagus (Beauvais) with Samarobriva (Amiens). More traces of Gallo-Roman construction have been found to the north of the village, by aerial observation.

Population

Historical population

Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1926 578 —     1931 544 −1.21% 1936 490 −2.07% 1946 454 −0.76% 1954 570 +2.89% 1962 623 +1.12% 1968 691 +1.74%	Year Pop. ±% p.a. 1975 770 +1.56% 1982 787 +0.31% 1990 904 +1.75% 1999 901 −0.04% 2007 877 −0.34% 2012 971 +2.06% 2017 995 +0.49%
Source: EHESS and INSEE

See also

• Communes of the Somme department