Cachy
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Amiens | |
| Canton | Amiens-4 | |
| Community association | Val de Somme | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 51 ′ N , 2 ° 29 ′ E | |
| height | 54-112 m | |
| surface | 6.11 km 2 | |
| Residents | 282 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 46 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80800 | |
| INSEE code | 80159 | |
| Website | http://www.cachy.fr/ | |
 Town hall and school building |
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Cachy ( Picard : Cachin) is a northern French municipality with 282 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 Amiens , it is part of the Communauté de communes du Val de Somme and belongs to the canton of Amiens-4 .
geography
Cachy is on the edge of the Santerre countryside , around seven kilometers east of Boves and seven kilometers south of Corbie . The municipality extends to the north beyond the A29 autoroute and the former Route nationale 29 . The ruins of the castle of Bois-l'Abbé are on the D1029.
history
Traces of a Gallo-Roman villa have been found in Cachy . The lordship belonged to the Corbie Abbey .
During the First World War , the community, where tank battles took place and where a military airfield was located, was badly devastated. She received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 as an award .
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 |
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| 120 | 121 | 110 | 157 | 166 | 227 | 249 | 251 |
administration
François Debeugny has been mayor ( maire ) since 2001.
Attractions
- Church of the Assumption of Mary from the 16th century, restored after the First World War
- Remains of the castle of Bois-l'Abbé
- Memorial to the soldiers 1870
literature
- Thomas Logie: Phonology of the patois of Cachy (Somme), Modern Language Association of America Publisher, Baltimore (1892)
