Arvillers
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Montdidier | |
| Canton | Moreuil | |
| Community association | Avre Luce Noye | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 45 ′ N , 2 ° 39 ′ E | |
| height | 49-108 m | |
| surface | 12.68 km 2 | |
| Residents | 778 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 61 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80910 | |
| INSEE code | 80031 | |
| Website | http://mairie.arvillers.pagesperso-orange.fr/ | |
Arvillers ( Picard : Arvili) is a northern French municipality with 778 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality is located in the arrondissement of Montdidier , is part of the Communauté de communes Avre Luce Noye and belongs to the canton of Moreuil .
geography
The municipality in the Santerre countryside is located south of the generously developed departmental road D934 (former Route nationale 334 ) from Amiens to Noyon around 11 km northwest of Roye on the departmental road D54. With the former municipality of Saulchoy-sur-Davenescourt attached in 1965, it extends in the south to the Avre .
history
Stone Age objects and the remains of two Gallo-Roman villas were found in the municipality.
In 1653 the village and the church were sacked by Spanish troops.
The community received the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 as an award .
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 678 | 634 | 559 | 568 | 634 | 652 | 719 | 748 |
administration
Mayor ( maire ) has been Yves Cottard since 2001.
Attractions
- The Saint-Martin Church, rebuilt in 1928, on the site of the old 17th century church with the Stations of the Cross by Henri Marret from 1929, which was destroyed in the First World War .
- War memorial
Personalities
- Madeleine Riffaud , resistance fighter, born here in 1924.
