Lihons
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Péronne | |
| Canton | Ham | |
| Community association | Terre de Picardie | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 50 ′ N , 2 ° 46 ′ E | |
| height | 84-112 m | |
| surface | 12.42 km 2 | |
| Residents | 442 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 36 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80320 | |
| INSEE code | 80481 | |
Lihons (Picard: Lion or Lionse) is a northern French municipality with 442 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality belongs to the canton of Ham and is part of the Communauté de communes Terre de Picardie .
geography
The municipality is located in Santerre about 2.5 km west of Chaulnes and is cut through by the D337 departmental road. The Amiens - Laon regional railway runs in the southern part of the municipality.
history
In Lihons there was a Benedictine priory , which possibly goes back to a Merovingian foundation in the 5th century, in the 9th century it was subordinate to the Abbey of Saint-Bertin in Saint-Omer and later to the Abbey of Cluny , which was withdrawn from the state in the French Revolution . Preserved farm buildings fell victim to the First World War .
In Lihons there was another feudal estate that was dependent on the priory, the Grand Manoir.
In 1415, 1436, 1437, 1450 and 1552 the place was looted or sacked. It was completely destroyed in the First World War , but rebuilt in the interwar period.
The area around Lihons was the site of skirmishes for the Battle of the Somme in the summer and autumn of 1916 . The community received the Croix de guerre 1914-1918 as an award .
Residents
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 | 2010 |
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| 333 | 384 | 366 | 321 | 366 | 377 | 386 | 384 |
administration
Mayor (maire) has been Robert Billore since 2001.
Attractions
- The Saint-Médard Church, which was destroyed in the First World War and then rebuilt.
- The grave of Louis Murat , great-grandson of Joachim Murat , Maréchal-des-logis during the First World War, fell on August 21, 1916 at the age of 19 in Lihons. The tomb at the northeast end of the village, which was erected by the family and handed over to the community in 1961, is crowned by an imperial eagle.
- The military cemetery (Nécropole nationale) in the west of the municipality on the D337, with 54,665 burials from both world wars.
Personalities
- Alexandre François de Boubers-Mazingan (1744–1819), General of the French Revolution and the Empire , Officer of the Legion of Honor , born in Lihons
- Élisée Maclet (1881–1962), painter, born in Lihons
- Émile Maitrot (1882–1916), French cyclist, died in Lihons
literature
- Abbé Paul Decagny, Histoire de l'arrondissement de Péronne et de plusieurs localités circonvoisines, 1865 - Reprint Chaulnes et ses environs, Paris: Res Universis 1992, Rassort Lorisse, 2006, ISBN 2-87760-916-2 .
