title: Hallencourt
text: # Hallencourt
  
  Hallencourt (French pronunciation: ​) 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 10 miles (16 km) south of Abbeville. The commune comprises the two villages of Hallencourt and Hocquincourt.
  
  ## 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.
  