Vaux-sur-Somme (French pronunciation: [vo syʁ sɔm], literally Vaux on Somme; Picard: Veux-su-Sonme) is a commune in the Somme departmentinHauts-de-France in northern France.
Vaux-sur-Somme
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The town hall in Vaux-sur-Somme
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Location of Vaux-sur-Somme  | |
  Vaux-sur-Somme Show map of France  Vaux-sur-Somme Show map of Hauts-de-France | |
| Coordinates: 49°55′20″N 2°33′04″E / 49.9222°N 2.5511°E / 49.9222; 2.5511 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Amiens |
| Canton | Corbie |
| Intercommunality | Val de Somme |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Philippe Gosselin[1] |
| Area
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| 5.18 km2 (2.00 sq mi) |
| Population
(2021)[2]
| 283 |
| • Density | 55/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code |
80784 /80800
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| Elevation | 27–111 m (89–364 ft) (avg. 30 m or 98 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Vaux-sur-Somme is notable as the place where famous flying ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as the Red Baron during World War I, was shot down and killed on April 21, 1918.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 229 | — |
| 1975 | 208 | −1.36% |
| 1982 | 224 | +1.06% |
| 1990 | 320 | +4.56% |
| 1999 | 339 | +0.64% |
| 2007 | 325 | −0.53% |
| 2012 | 304 | −1.33% |
| 2017 | 308 | +0.26% |
| 2019 | 306 | −0.33% |
| Source: INSEE[3][4] | ||
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