The Canton of Hornoy-le-Bourg is a former

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situated in the

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of the

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and in the

Picardie Picardy (; Picard and french: Picardie, , ) is a historical territory and a former administrative region of France. Since 1 January 2016, it has been part of the new region of Hauts-de-France. It is located in the northern part of France. Hist ...

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of northern

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. It was disbanded following the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. It consisted of 16 communes, which joined the canton of Poix-de-Picardie in 2015.Décret n° 2014-263 du 26 février 2014 portant délimitation des cantons dans le département de la Somme
/ref> It had 5,803 inhabitants (2012).Populations légales 2012: 80 Somme
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The canton was organised around the commune of

Hornoy-le-Bourg Hornoy-le-Bourg () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated at the junction of the D18 and D211 roads, some southwest of Amiens. It is the second largest commune of the Som ...

in the

arrondissement of Amiens The arrondissement of Amiens is an arrondissement of France in the Somme department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 291 communes. Its population is 304,282 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Amiens a ...

. The altitude varies from 48m at

Belloy-Saint-Léonard Belloy-Saint-Léonard (; pcd, Belloy-Saint-Lèyonârd) is a commune in the Somme ''département'' in Hauts-de-France, which is situated in northern France. Geography The commune is situated on the D157 road, west of Amiens and south of Abbevi ...

to 211m at Beaucamps-le-Jeune for an average of 161m. The canton comprised 16

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: * Arguel *

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* Beaucamps-le-Jeune *

Beaucamps-le-Vieux Beaucamps-le-Vieux (; Picard: ''Bieucamp'') is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated at the junction of the D96, D496 and D211 roads, from the banks of the Bresle, the border ...

* Brocourt * Dromesnil *

* Lafresguimont-Saint-Martin * Liomer * Méricourt-en-Vimeu * Le Quesne *

Saint-Germain-sur-Bresle Saint-Germain-sur-Bresle (, literally ''Saint-Germain on Bresle'') is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated south of Abbeville, on the D316 road and by the banks of the river B ...

* Thieulloy-l'Abbaye *

Villers-Campsart Villers-Campsart is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated 22(35 km) miles west of Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in nort ...

Vraignes-lès-Hornoy Vraignes-lès-Hornoy is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. Geography The commune is situated southwest of Amiens Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France ...

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