Varennes (Somme)

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Varennes
Varennes coat of arms
Varennes (France)
Varennes
region Hauts-de-France
Department Somme
Arrondissement Péronne
Canton Albert
Community association Pays du Coquelicot
Coordinates 50 ° 3 '  N , 2 ° 32'  E Coordinates: 50 ° 3 '  N , 2 ° 32'  E
height 83-156 m
surface 7.24 km 2
Residents 220 (January 1, 2017)
Population density 30 inhabitants / km 2
Post Code 80560
INSEE code 80776

Varennes (often Varennes-en-Croix ; Picard : Vareinne or Vareinne-in-Croé) is a northern French municipality with 220 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

Varennes is about three kilometers south of Acheux-en-Amiénois at the intersection of the D47 and D179 departmental roads. The term "en croix" refers to the cross-shaped layout of the community. The Ferme Clairfaye (former Clairfay Abbey ) is part of the municipality. To the west of the community cemetery is a British military cemetery.

history

The place was called Warennas in 1064. In the Middle Ages, near the cemetery, there was the village of Franc-Mailly (now just a field name), which was notorious as a refuge for evildoers and is said to have been set on fire in all four corners in 1069.

The rule of Varennes goes back to the 13th century. In 1638 she came to the House of Mailly. The last nobleman was Augustin-Joseph de Mailly, who was executed in 1794.

During the war with the Duchy of Burgundy under Charles the Bold , the place was burned down in 1472 and then rebuilt in a cross shape.

In September 1870, during the Franco-Prussian War , it was occupied by Prussian troops. During the First World War , Varennes was behind the front; however, at Easter 1918, British troops moved in.

Residents

Development of the population
1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2006 2010 2016
233 211 184 181 181 177 183 204 220

administration

Mayor (maire) has been Jackie Pillon since 2001.

Attractions

  • The parish church of the Assumption of Mary (Notre-Dame de l'Assomption), reconstructed in 1771, with a wooden figure called ch'bon diu à beudet in Picard, probably from Clairfay Abbey.
  • Basement (muches)
  • Remains of Clairfay Abbey, which perished in 1742

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ A. de Cardevaque: Varennes et l'Abbaye de Clairfay, La Picardie, 1879, Archives Départementales de la Somme, 16REV22.

Web links

Commons : Varennes (Somme)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files