Roye, Somme

Roye
Roye
	Commune
	The town hall in Roye
	; Coat of arms
	; Coat of arms
	Roye Location within Hauts-de-France region Roye
	Coordinates: 49°42′03″N 2°47′28″E / 49.7008°N 2.7911°ECoordinates: 49°42′03″N 2°47′28″E / 49.7008°N 2.7911°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Roye
Intercommunality	CC Grand Roye
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Jacques Fleury
Area1	15.55 km2 (6.00 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	6,384
• Density	410/km2 (1,100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80685 /80700
Elevation	67–96 m (220–315 ft) ; (avg. 88 m or 289 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.

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

Geography

Roye is situated at the junction of the A1 autoroute and the N17 road, on the banks of the Avre, some 30 miles (48 km) southeast of Amiens.

Population movement
1936	1946	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2007	2008	2012
4956	4390	4912	5211	6265	6650	6333	6529	6384	6233	6199	6158
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

In 1634, religious refugees from Seville, Spain, known as the illuministes tried to establish themselves in France. They claimed to be inspired by celestial messages. Pierre Guérin, curate of Saint-Georges, was converted and himself created many disciples, called "les Guérinistes". The Catholic Church sought out and executed all of them by 1635.
In 2015, a shooting took place in travelers' camp in which four people died.

Church of Saint Pierre. Rebuilt in concrete in 1930 after considerable damage during the First World War. The 12th century choir and apse and the 15th century stained-glass windows were all saved.^[1]
The Hôtel de Ville (Town hall), built between 1775 and 1777 by the architect Pierre Dercheu was blown-up with dynamite by the retreating Germans on 17 March 1917. The new building, by local architect Arthur Régnier, was completed in 1932. It is reminiscent of the original by Dercheu.

Gracchus Babeuf, a protagonist during the French revolution was born nearby and lived and worked here.
Pierre Guérin, an illuministe preacher. Curate of Saint-Georges church, Roye
Abbot Jules Corblet (1819–1886), hagiographer for the diocese of Amiens.

↑ Source : Quotidien fr:Le Courrier Picard (édition de la Somme) du 4 novembre 2007.

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