L'Étoile (Somme)

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L'Étoile
Coat of arms of L'Étoile
L'Étoile (France)
L'Étoile
region Hauts-de-France
Department Somme
Arrondissement Amiens
Canton Flixecourt
Community association Nièvre et Somme
Coordinates 50 ° 1 ′  N , 2 ° 2 ′  E Coordinates: 50 ° 1 ′  N , 2 ° 2 ′  E
height 7-113 m
surface 7.90 km 2
Residents 1,194 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 151 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 80830
INSEE code 80296

The Somme in L'Étoile

L'Étoile ( Picard : L'Étoèle ) is a northern French municipality with 1194 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 belongs to the canton of Flixecourt .

geography

L'Étoile is located on the right bank of the Somme around four kilometers west of Flixecourt and extends north over the A16 autoroute . The southern municipal boundary towards Flixecourt is the Nièvre river .

history

In L'Étoile, in the direction of Long, stood the Neolithic Champ de Bataille . There was a Gallic oppidum (Camp de César) on the hill above the town .

A Merovingian cemetery was found in 1817. From 1146 (or 1165) there was a Benedictine double monastery of the Congregation of Fontrevaud in Moréaucourt, which was moved to Amiens in 1635 and which is still reminiscent of the L'Abbaye farm today.

During the Second World War , the place was evacuated in May 1940. He was awarded the Croix de guerre .

economy

On the banks of the Somme is the Les Moulins Bleus factory complex with a rail connection from Flixecourt (former textile factory).

Residents

Development of the population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
1,638 1,650 1,554 1,446 1,334 1,305 1,249 1,251

Attractions

  • Ruins of the Moréaucourt monastery, registered as a Monument historique since 1926 ( Base Mérimée PA00116149)
  • Camp de César, Gallic oppidum, classified as a Monument historique since 1862 (Base Mérimée PA00116148)

literature

  • Gérard Cahon, Les Amis de Moreaucourt: 35 ans de recherches sur Moreaucourt , 2005.
  • Aurélie Deaubonne, Le Prieuré de Moreucourt 1146–1455 , published master's thesis UPJV, 2002
  • Cécile Delannoy, Le Prieuré de Moreaucourt, étude d'un monastère fontevriste en Picardie (1455–1635) , published master's thesis, UPJV, 2002.

L'Étoile in the film

The location is one of the locations in the film Louise Hires a Contract Killer by Benoît Delépine and Gustave Kervern .

Web links

Commons : L'Étoile (Somme)  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Saint-Frères. Retrieved July 22, 2019 (French).