Soyécourt

Soyécourt
Commune
The war memorial in Soyécourt
Coat of arms
Soyécourt Location within Hauts-de-France region Soyécourt
Coordinates: 49°51′47″N 2°47′46″E / 49.8631°N 2.7961°E / 49.8631; 2.7961Coordinates: 49°51′47″N 2°47′46″E / 49.8631°N 2.7961°E / 49.8631; 2.7961
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Ham
Intercommunality	CC Terre de Picardie
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Luc Maille
Area1	5.16 km2 (1.99 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	200
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80741 /80200
Elevation	65–87 m (213–285 ft) (avg. 92 m or 302 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.

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

Geography

The commune is situated 15 miles (24 km) east of Amiens, on the D79 road, less than a mile from the A29 autoroute.

Population

Places of interest

• St.Martial’s church: The church of Soyécourt was destroyed during the First World War. The 12th century font is all that remains of the old church in the replacement building.
• Wallieux wood: The wood of Wallieux is a World War I site and is part of the Circuit of Memory of the First World War. This wood remains pock-marked by shell holes and war tunnels.

Notable people

• Camille de Soyécourt (1757–1849), daughter of Joachim Charles de Seigliere de Belleforiere, Marquis de Soyécourt, was a French Catholic nun who restored the Carmelite Order in France after the French Revolution.

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Soyécourt.

• Soyécourt on the Quid website (in French)