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{{Infobox French commune
|name                   = Nouvion
|commune status         = [[Communes of France|Commune]]
|image                  = Nouvion, Somme, Fr, mairie.JPG
|caption                = The town hall in Nouvion
|image coat of arms     = Blason ville fr Nouvion (Somme).svg
|arrondissement         = Abbeville
|canton                 = Abbeville-1
|INSEE                  = 80598
|postal code            = 80860
|mayor                  = Maurice Forestier<ref>{{cite web|title=Répertoire national des élus: les maires|url=https://www.data.gouv.fr/fr/datasets/r/2876a346-d50c-4911-934e-19ee07b0e503|publisher=data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises|date=13 September 2022|language=fr}}</ref>
|term                   = 2020&ndash;2026
|intercommunality       = [[Communauté de communes Ponthieu-Marquenterre|CC Ponthieu-Marquenterre]]
|coordinates            = {{coord|50.2128|1.7747|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m            = 7
|elevation min m        = 7
|elevation max m        = 55
|area km2               = 15.73
|population             = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date        = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes   = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
'''Nouvion''' ({{IPA|fr|nuvjɔ̃}}; or sometimes Nouvion-en-Ponthieu) is a [[Communes of France|commune]] in the [[Somme (department)|Somme]] [[Departments of France|department]] in [[Hauts-de-France]] in northern [[France]].
==Geography==
Nouvion is situated {{Convert|10|mi|km|0}} north of [[Abbeville]], between the [[Somme river|Somme]] estuary and the forest of [[Crécy-en-Ponthieu|Crécy]], on the D1001 (ex-N1 national) departmental road junction with the departmental road D111.
==Railway==
Nouvion had a station on the [[Noyelles-sur-Mer|Noyelles]]/[[Forest-l'Abbaye]] branch of the [[Réseau des Bains de Mer]]. It opened on 24 August 1892, and closed on 10 March 1947, although the line itself remained open for freight until 1 February 1951.
==Media==
Nouvion is the setting for the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[['Allo 'Allo!]]'' However, no scenes were filmed in the town, with filming instead taking place in [[Norfolk]] in England.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.express.co.uk/expressyourself/172705/Britain-s-best-loved-TV-locations|title=Britain's best loved TV locations|newspaper=[[Daily Express]]|first=Camilla|last=Tominey|date=2 May 2010|access-date=21 January 2019}}</ref>
==Demography==
{{Historical populations
| 1968|1026
| 1975|1004
| 1982|1102
| 1990|1232
| 1999|1210
| 2007|1232
| 2012|1264
| 2017|1316
| source = INSEE<ref>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-80598#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE</ref>
| percentages = pagr
| align = none
}}
==See also==
*[[Communes of the Somme department]]
==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071219151638/http://www.cc-nouvion.fr/ The community of communes of Nouvion-en-Ponthieu] {{in lang|fr}}
{{Somme communes}}
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[[Category:Communes of Somme (department)]]