Cavillon
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Amiens | |
| Canton | Ailly-sur-Somme | |
| Community association | Nièvre et Somme | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 55 ' N , 2 ° 5' E | |
| height | 40-126 m | |
| surface | 5.46 km 2 | |
| Residents | 103 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 19 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80310 | |
| INSEE code | 80180 | |
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Cavillon ( Picard : Cavion ) is a northern French municipality with 103 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 , is part of the Communauté de communes Nièvre et Somme and belongs to the canton of Ailly-sur-Somme .
geography
Cavillon is about five kilometers southwest of Picquigny . To the west, the municipality reaches the valley of the Saint-Landon river . The Bois de Cavillon extends predominantly over the territory of the neighboring municipality of Fourdrinoy.
history
The municipality was already settled in Gallo-Roman times. Traces of a villa were found.
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 |
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| 94 | 111 | 117 | 116 | 112 | 94 | 108 | 104 | 103 |
administration
Mayor ( maire ) has been Jean-Philippe Delfosse since 2008.
Attractions
- Saint-Nicolas church from the 16th century with an apse from 1781
- Castle with corps de logis from 1648 and side wings from 1698 and 1830, with a park that merges into the forest
- Former École-Mairie from 1868
- British soldiers graves in the old cemetery
- Notre-Dame des Victoires chapel
Trivia
The film Le Sauveur with Horst Buchholz and Muriel Catala was shot in Cavillon in 1970 .
