Daours

Daours
region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Amiens-3
Community association	Val de Somme
Coordinates	49 ° 54 '  N , 2 ° 27'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 54 '  N , 2 ° 27'  E
height	22-96 m
surface	8.65 km 2
Residents	797 (January 1, 2017)
Population density	92 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code	80800
INSEE code	80234
Website	http://www.commune-daours.fr/article.do&id=1672
The church

Daours ( Picard : Dour, Dutch : Dors) is a northern French municipality with 797 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 and in the canton of Amiens-3 and is part of the Communauté de communes du Val de Somme .

geography

The municipality is located below Corbie predominantly on the right bank of the Somme at the confluence of the Hallue . In the northeast, the Somme valley has a pronounced steep bank (La Falaise) with larger moors (Marais de Daours and Marais des Hallettes) in the valley. In the south, moorlands south of the canalized Somme also belong to Daours; the neighboring municipality of Vecquemont is almost an enclave within Daours. The Daours stop on the Paris – Lille line is outside the municipality in the municipality of Aubigny (Somme) . The neighboring municipality of Bussy-lès-Daours to the north - west on the west bank of the Hallue also constricts the municipality. Daours is crossed by the D1 department road and forms a settlement complex with Vecquemont.

history

Daours, a place with prehistoric and Gallo-Roman finds, was created at an old river crossing along the country roads from Corbie to Amiens and the road to Port-Noyelles . Since the early Middle Ages, Corbie Abbey had rights here, including a. Customs rights. On the Falaises stood the submerged village of Wagny, which is still remembered by a field name, with a priory. Daours had a medieval leper . In 1597 King Henry IV defeated the Spanish army here. In 1615 the place was fortified by the Marshal d'Ancre . In 1636, Daours was sacked and pillaged by Spanish troops. The Somme was canalized between 1821 and 1827 and a lock was built. After the construction of a wooden bridge over the Somme between 1831 and 1832, industrialization began. In 1843 the railroad reached Daours. From 1860 to 1865 the church was built as a brick building. During the First World War there was a British field hospital. In 1940, French troops blew up the railway bridge, which the Wehrmacht had to re-perform as a wooden structure.

Residents

Development of the population

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006	2010
709	718	788	762	789	768	776	773

administration

Mayor (maire) has been Gérard Holleville since 1981.

Attractions

• The neo-Gothic Saint-Jacques church by Victor Delefortrie .
• The British War Cemetery.

Web links

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

Individual evidence

1. ^ De Nederlanden in Frankrijk, Jozef van Overstraeten, 1969