Hallencourt

Hallencourt () is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Hallencourt is situated at the junction of the D21, D53 and D173 roads, some south of Abbeville. The commune comprises the two villages of Hallencourt and Hocquincourt.

Population

Places of interest

• The war memorial
• The Château de Beauvoir at Hocquincourt (now a private hotel)

Personalities

• Roman Opałka, French artist of Polish ancestry, was born in Hocquincourt in 1931.
• Édouard Louis, French writer, is from Hallencourt. He wrote his debut autobiographical novel En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule (2014, translated into English as The End of Eddy) about growing up there.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

External links

• Canton of Hallencourt
• opalka1965.com - Roman Opalka website