Thiepval

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Thiepval
Thiepval (France)
Thiepval
region Hauts-de-France
Department Somme
Arrondissement Péronne
Canton Albert
Community association Pays du Coquelicot
Coordinates 50 ° 3 '  N , 2 ° 41'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '  N , 2 ° 41'  E
height 70-154 m
surface 4.40 km 2
Residents 129 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 29 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 80300
INSEE code 80753
Website www.paysducoquelicot.com

Mémorial and cemetery

Thiepval (Picard: Tièbvo) is a northern French municipality with 129 inhabitants (at January 1, 2017) in the department of Somme in the region of Hauts-de-France . The municipality belongs to the canton of Albert and is part of the Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot .

geography

The community on the D151 departmental road with the district of St-Pierre-Divion extends from the Ancre valley in the west to the heights to the east.

history

The remains of a Gallo-Roman camp were found in the municipality. There was a castle in Divion, which was besieged in 960 by the West Franconian King Lothar .

The community, which was completely destroyed in the First World War and as the cornerstone of the German defensive position was a focal point of the Battle of the Somme , was awarded the Croix de guerre 1914-1918.

Residents

Development of the population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010
111 111 93 105 116 98 98 124

administration

Mayor (maire) has been Max Potie since 2008.

Attractions

The Ulster Tower

Personalities

  • François-Zephir Caron (1807–1862), Knight of the Legion of Honor , born here.
  • François-Lucien-Eusèbe Doutart (1873–1925), Knight of the Legion of Honor, born here

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Abbé Paul Decagny, L'Arrondissement de Péronne ou sur les recherches villes, bourgs, villages et qui le hameaux composent , 1844; New edition: Albert et ses environs , Paris, 1999, Rassorts-Lorisse

Web links

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