Dury (Somme)
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Amiens | |
| Canton | Amiens-6 | |
| Community association | Amiens metropolis | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 51 ′ N , 2 ° 16 ′ E | |
| height | 59-117 m | |
| surface | 10.99 km 2 | |
| Residents | 1,430 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 130 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80480 | |
| INSEE code | 80261 | |
| Website | http://www.dury80.com/ | |
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Dury is a northern French municipality with 1430 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 d'agglomération Amiens Métropole and belongs to the canton of Amiens-6 .
geography
The community, cut through by the A29 autoroute , is located immediately south of Amiens and has grown together with it, on the former Route nationale 1 , almost entirely on the plateau south of the departmental capital. The distance to the city center of Amiens is around seven kilometers.
history
Stone tools found here testify to the prehistoric settlement. A branch of the historic Chaussée Brunehaut ran through Dury . The place is first mentioned in 710 as Duriacus . In 1080 Raoul de Dury transferred his possessions to the Chapter of Notre-Dame in Amiens. The castle was inhabited by the Picquet de Dourier family until the French Revolution . In 1726 and 1805, fires destroyed parts of the town. On November 27, 1870, the Prussian troops defeated the French in a battle. In the First World War Marshal struck Ferdinand Foch to his quarters here. In 1940 the Dury plateau was contested as well.
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 |
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| 1,517 | 1,694 | 1,698 | 1,561 | 1,341 | 1,141 | 1,239 | 1,267 |
administration
Mayor ( maire ) has been Benoît Mercuzot since 2001.
Parish partnership
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Bessenbach , Germany (together with Sains-en-Amiénois and Saint-Fuscien ), since 1985.
Attractions
- modern parish church Saint-Nicolas [1]
- War memorial
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