Roye (Somme)
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| region | Hauts-de-France | |
| Department | Somme | |
| Arrondissement | Montdidier | |
| Canton | Roye (main town) | |
| Community association | Grand Roye | |
| Coordinates | 49 ° 42 ' N , 2 ° 47' E | |
| height | 67-96 m | |
| surface | 15.55 km 2 | |
| Residents | 5,786 (January 1, 2017) | |
| Population density | 372 inhabitants / km 2 | |
| Post Code | 80700 | |
| INSEE code | 80685 | |
| Website | http://www.roye80.fr/ | |
Roye is a French municipality with 5786 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . It belongs to the arrondissement of Montdidier and is the capital of the canton of Roye .
geography
Roye is located on the Avre , a tributary of the Somme in the rich plains of Santerre on the A1, 100 km from Paris and Lille .
population
| 1936 | 1942 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
| 4,956 | 4,390 | 4,912 | 5,211 | 6.265 | 6,650 | 6.333 | 6,522 | 6,268 |
(from 1962 figures from INSEE ; without second residences)
history
Roye is one of the key towns in the historic French landscape of Santerre, which later became part of Picardy. Here on January 21, 1330 Johanna II. Countess Palatine of Burgundy , Countess of Artois and Mistress of Salins died in her own right, as well as through her marriage to Philip V, Queen of France .
The French revolutionary and early socialist Fr. Noel "Gracchus" Babeuf (1760–1797) worked as a surveyor in Roye before the revolution.
During the Second World War , a few kilometers further south near Amy was the military airfield Roye-Amy .
Attractions
- Saint-Pierre church: built in the 12th century, renovated around 1535; Suffered severe damage in World War I and was rebuilt in 1930, with the 12th century choir and the 16th century stained glass windows being restored
Town twinning
Roye has been twinning with the German community of Wedemark since March 1984.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Charles Jeunet Duval (1751–1828), French botanist
literature
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 13, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
