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Beaucourt-sur-l'Ancre (, literally ''Beaucourt on the
Ancre The Ancre (; ) is a river of Picardy, France. Rising at Miraumont, a hamlet near the town of Albert, it flows into the Somme at Corbie. It is long. For most of its length it flows through the department of Somme. For a short stretch near Pu ...
''; ) is a commune in the
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department in
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in northern
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.


Geography

The commune is situated south of
Arras Arras ( , ; ; historical ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais department, which forms part of the region of Hauts-de-France; before the reorganization of 2014 it was in Nord-Pas-de-Calais. The historic centre of the Artois region, with a ...
on the D50 and D163 junction. The
Ancre The Ancre (; ) is a river of Picardy, France. Rising at Miraumont, a hamlet near the town of Albert, it flows into the Somme at Corbie. It is long. For most of its length it flows through the department of Somme. For a short stretch near Pu ...
river is little more than a trickle through marshy ground at this point.


Population


See also

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Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 771 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):Communes of Somme (department) {{Péronne-geo-stub