Lœuilly

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Lœuilly
Coat of arms of Lœuilly
Lœuilly (France)
Lœuilly
local community Ô-de-Selle
region Hauts-de-France
Department Somme
Arrondissement Amiens
Coordinates 49 ° 47 '  N , 2 ° 11'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 47 '  N , 2 ° 11'  E
Post Code 80160
Former INSEE code 80485
Incorporation 1st January 2019
status Commune déléguée

Saint Martin Church

Lœuilly ( Picard : Leuilly ; also Louville ) is a commune Déléguée in the northern French municipality Ô-de-Selle with 831 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France .

geography

Historical photo of the avenue de la Gare

The flood-prone Commune déléguée is located around 15 kilometers south of Amiens and four kilometers north of Conty on the Selle , which is split into several arms , extends in the west into the Bois de Wailly and is bounded in the east by the A16 autoroute . The municipality had a stop on the dismantled and used as a hiking trail La Coulée Verte railway line from Amiens to Beauvais .

history

The municipality was already settled in Gallo-Roman times.

In 1472 the castle was destroyed by the troops of Charles the Bold . In 1593 the village was set on fire by troops of the Holy League .

On January 1, 2019, the municipality of Lœuilly merged with Neuville-lès-Lœuilly and Tilloy-lès-Conty to form the Commune nouvelle Ô-de-Selle. Since then it has had the status of a Commune déléguée. The municipality of Lœuilly belonged to the Arrondissement of Amiens and the canton of Ailly-sur-Noye .

Residents

Development of the population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010
602 621 657 831 831 809 840 853

administration

Mayor ( maire ) has been Valérie Mouton since 2011.

Attractions

  • Several old mills on the Selle
  • Saint-Martin church from the 17th century
  • Castle with a hunting park established at the end of the 19th century, registered as a Monument historique since 2010 ( Base Mérimée PA80000069)
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Web links

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