Mouflières

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Mouflières
Mouflières (France)
Mouflières
region Hauts-de-France
Department Somme
Arrondissement Amiens
Canton Poix-de-Picardy
Community association Somme Sud-Ouest
Coordinates 49 ° 55 '  N , 1 ° 45'  E Coordinates: 49 ° 55 '  N , 1 ° 45'  E
height 114-152 m
surface 2.76 km 2
Residents 86 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 31 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 80140
INSEE code 80575

Mouflières Town Hall

Mouflières ( Picard : Monfliére ) is a northern French municipality with 86 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 (since 2009) and is part of the Communauté de communes Somme Sud-Ouest and the canton of Poix-de-Picardie .

geography

The agricultural community is located in the Vimeu countryside around 4 km south of Oisemont off the D25 from Oisemont to Senarpont , which borders the community in the west. From Mouflières a dry valley starts in the direction of Airaines .

Toponymy and History

The place is mentioned in 1208 as Mofliers. From 1801 it was called Moustieres.

In 1171 Gérard de Préaux sold his land in Mouflières to the Cistercian monastery Valloires . Since 1184 there was a Templar settlement , which developed into a small ball in the third quarter of the 13th century .

Residents

Development of the population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2011
85 90 96 86 74 71 88 98

Attractions

  • Saint-Nicolas church with a wooden statue of St. Nicholas (classified as a monument historique ) from the 18th century, a copper candlestick and paintings of St. Nicholas and John the Elder. T.
North side of the Saint-Nicolas church

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palsri_fr?ACTION=CHERCHER&FIELD_1=REF&VALUE_1=PM80000939

Web links

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