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The Canton of Friville-Escarbotin is a
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situated in the
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of the
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and in the
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of northern
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Geography

The canton is organised around the commune of
Friville-Escarbotin Friville-Escarbotin (; pcd, Freuvile-Ésquérbotin) ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D2 and D229 crossroads, west of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abb ...
in the
arrondissement of Abbeville The arrondissement of Abbeville is an arrondissement in the Somme department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. It has 164 communes. Its population is 125,867 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Abb ...
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Composition

At the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015, the canton was expanded from 9 to 24 communes:Décret n° 2014-263 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Somme
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Béthencourt-sur-Mer Béthencourt-sur-Mer (, literally ''Béthencourt on Sea''; pcd, Bétincourt-su-Mér) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D19 and D229 road junction, some from t ...
* Bourseville *
Brutelles Brutelles () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Brutelles is situated on the D940 road, some west of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme depa ...
* Cayeux-sur-Mer * Fressenneville *
Friaucourt Friaucourt () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Friaucourt is situated a mile and a half from the coast, west of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in th ...
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Friville-Escarbotin Friville-Escarbotin (; pcd, Freuvile-Ésquérbotin) ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D2 and D229 crossroads, west of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abb ...
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Lanchères Lanchères () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D940 road, some northwest of Abbeville. Population Personalities Paul Vimereu, author, spent his childhood a ...
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Méneslies Méneslies is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D19 road, some southwest of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme ...
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Mers-les-Bains Mers-les-Bains () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D1015 road, some west of Abbeville, Mers-les-Bains faces the English Channel near the mouth of the river ...
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Nibas Nibas is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Nibas is situated on the D2a road, some west of Abbeville. Population See also *Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 77 ...
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Ochancourt Ochancourt () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Ochancourt is situated on the D48 road, some west of Abbeville. Population History Within the commune, on the ‘land of graves’, are sai ...
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Oust-Marest Oust-Marest is a commune in the Somme ''département'' in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D1015 road, some southwest of Abbeville, on the banks of the river Bresle, the border with Seine-Maritime. P ...
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Pendé Pendé () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D2 road, some northwest of Abbeville, near the bay of the Somme River. Population Pendé, Somme, Fr, église vue d ...
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Saint-Blimont Saint-Blimont () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated west of Abbeville, on the D106 road. Sitting squarely between the industrial Vimeu region and the tourist regions of ...
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Saint-Quentin-la-Motte-Croix-au-Bailly Saint-Quentin-la-Motte-Croix-au-Bailly (; pcd, Saint-Quentin-la-Motte-L'Croé-au-Bailly) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated west of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, ...
* Tully * Valines * Vaudricourt *
Woignarue Woignarue (; Picard: ''Wégnérue'') is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography Woignarue is situated west of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme de ...
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Woincourt Woincourt () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Since 13 February 2020, the commune has been a part of the newly-created regional natural park of Baie de Somme - Picardie maritime. Toponymy Since 1100, ...
* Yzengremer


Population


See also

* Arrondissements of the Somme department * Cantons of the Somme department *
Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 772 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Friville-Escarbotin Friville-Escarbotin (; pcd, Freuvile-Ésquérbotin) ) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D2 and D229 crossroads, west of Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abb ...
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