Champien

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Champien
Champien (France)
Champien
region Hauts-de-France
Department Somme
Arrondissement Montdidier
Canton Roye
Community association Grand Roye
Coordinates 49 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 49 ° 42 ′  N , 2 ° 52 ′  E
height 82-99 m
surface 8.77 km 2
Residents 276 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 31 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 80700
INSEE code 80185

Champien is a French municipality with 276 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Montdidier and the canton of Roye .

geography

Champien is located in the south of the Somme department, 97 kilometers northwest of Reims , 31 kilometers north of Compiègne , and 5.1 kilometers east of the canton capital Roye , at an average altitude of 91 meters above sea ​​level . The municipality has an area of ​​8.77 square kilometers.

Champien is assigned to a type Cfb (according to Köppen and Geiger) climate zone : warm, moderate rainy climate (C), fully humid (f), warmest month below 22 ° C, at least four months above 10 ° C (b). There is a maritime climate with a moderate summer.

history

In 1793 Champien received the status of a municipality through the French Revolution (1789–1799) and in 1801 through the administrative reform under Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821) as Champien et Waucourt the right to local self-government .

In World War I (1914-1918) of "found in Champien from 23 to 29 September 1914 in the course race to the sea " a bitter trench warfare instead, while large parts of the town and the park were destroyed the castle.

Population development

1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008
217 226 231 176 251 249 297

Culture and sights

In the church of Saint-Pierre von Champien there are several paintings from the end of the 17th or the beginning of the 18th century, classified as Monument historique ('historical cultural monument'). One of the pictures was painted by Jean André (1662–1753).

Web links

Commons : Champien  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

  1. ↑ a b Le village de Champien. In: Annuaire-Mairie.fr. Retrieved October 21, 2011 (French).
  2. ↑ Champien - notice communal. In: cassini.ehess.fr. Retrieved October 23, 2011 (French).
  3. ↑ Entry No. 80185 in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
  4. ↑ Les combats de Champien. In: 14-18 en Somme. association 14-18 en Somme, accessed October 23, 2011 (French).
  5. ↑ Claude Deroletz: Clocher d'une église de France: INSEE 80185 - Champien. Église Saint-Pierre. In: Clochers de France. Retrieved October 23, 2011 (French).
  6. ↑ Entry No. 80185 in the Base Palissy of the French Ministry of Culture (French)