Crécy-en-Ponthieu

Crécy-en-Ponthieu
Church of Crécy-en-Ponthieu
Location of Crécy-en-Ponthieu
Crécy-en-Ponthieu
Crécy-en-Ponthieu
Coordinates: 50°15′11″N 1°53′02″E / 50.2531°N 1.8839°E / 50.2531; 1.8839
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentSomme
ArrondissementAbbeville
CantonRue
IntercommunalityCC Ponthieu-Marquenterre
Government
  Mayor (20202026) Gérard Lheureux
Area
1
56.55 km2 (21.83 sq mi)
Population
 (2022)
1,352
  Density24/km2 (62/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
80222 /80150
Elevation19–82 m (62–269 ft)
(avg. 36 m or 118 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Crécy-en-Ponthieu (French: [kʁe.si.ɑ̃.pɔ̃.tjø]), known in archaic English as Cressy, is a commune located south of Calais in the northern French department of Somme. It gives its name to Crécy Forest, which starts about two kilometres to the south-west of the town and is one of the largest in the north of France. A small river, the Maye, runs through the town.