Falvy
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{{Infobox French commune
|name = Falvy
|commune status = Commune
|image = Etangfalvy1.jpg
|caption = Falvy Lake
|image coat of arms = Blason ville fr Falvy 80.svg
|arrondissement = Péronne
|canton = Ham
|INSEE = 80300
|postal code = 80190
|term = 2020–2026
|intercommunality = CC Est de la Somme
|coordinates = {{coord|49.825|2.9597|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
|elevation m = 60
|elevation min m = 51
|elevation max m = 91
|area km2 = 6.32
|population = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_total}}
|population date = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_as_of}}
|population footnotes = {{France metadata Wikidata|population_footnotes}}
}}
Falvy ({{IPA|fr|falvi}}) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Falvy is situated on the D103 road, on the banks of the river Somme, some {{Convert|19|mi|km|0}} west of Saint-Quentin.
History
Falvy originated as a Gaulish village. Known by different names over the centuries :Fala, Falvicum in 1135, Phalevi in 1146, then Fallevy or Falevi sur Somme and finally Falvy
Principle events :
- In the 12th century, Raoul I de Nesle, seigneur of both Nesle and Falvy, gave the windmill of Falvy-sur-Somme to the church at Saint-Quentin.
- 1629 and Louis XIII dismantles the château, a medieval fortress
- On 22 November 1916, fighter-ace-pilot Georges Guynemer claimed his 23rd victim at Falvy.
- On 9 August 1918, the bridge at Falvy was attacked by Lieutenant James Alfred Keating, an American volunteer in the RFC. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross.
Population
{{Historical populations
|source = INSEE[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/4515315?geo=COM-80300#ancre-POP_T1 Population en historique depuis 1968], INSEE
|percentages = pagr
|align = none
|1968 |118
|1975 |108
|1982 |116
|1990 |106
|1999 |100
|2007 |128
|2012 |134
|2017 |150
}}
Places of interest
- The church of Saint Benoite has dimensions that are relative to a time when the population was larger. Its origin was as a chapel to the chateau. It was victim of revolutionary vandalism in 1792, losing much of its embellishment and harmony by such destruction.
- The lake
See also
References
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{{Somme communes}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Communes of Somme (department)
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