Folleville, Somme

Folleville
Commune
The church in Folleville

Coat of arms
Folleville
Location within Hauts-de-France region
Folleville
Coordinates: 49°40′37″N 2°21′58″E / 49.6769°N 2.3661°E / 49.6769; 2.3661Coordinates: 49°40′37″N 2°21′58″E / 49.6769°N 2.3661°E / 49.6769; 2.3661
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Somme
Arrondissement Montdidier
Canton Ailly-sur-Noye
Intercommunality CC Avre Luce Noye
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Pierre Michelin
Area1 6.09 km2 (2.35 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 127
 • Density 21/km2 (54/sq mi)
Time zone UTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code 80321 /80250
Elevation 62–158 m (203–518 ft)
(avg. 146 m or 479 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Folleville is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Folleville is situated on the D109 road, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Amiens.

Population

Historical population of Folleville, Somme
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population527346626372127
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

  • Chateau de Folleville (14th century)
  • Church of Saint-Jacques-Le-Majeur et Saint-Jean-Baptiste
The church and the ruins of the château in 1617[1]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pierre Michelin, Folleville. La fin du Moyen Âge et les premières formes de la modernité (1519-1617), préface de Jean Estienne, Amiens : Mémoires de la Société des Antiquaires de Picardie - tome 56, 2000, 398 p. ISBN 2-902829-04-3

Bibliography

  • Pierre Michelin, Folleville. La fin du Moyen Âge et les premières formes de la modernité (1519–1617), préface de Jean Estienne, Amiens : Mémoires de la Société des Antiquaires de Picardie - tome 56, 2000, 398 p.  ISBN 2-902829-04-3
  • Georges Durand, "Les Lannoy, Folleville et l'art italien dans le Nord de la France", in Eugène Lefèbvre-Pontalis (dir.), Le Bulletin Monumental, tome 70, 1906.


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