Falvy

Falvy
Commune
Falvy Lake
Coat of arms
Location of Falvy
Falvy Location within France Show map of France Falvy Location within Hauts-de-France Show map of Hauts-de-France
Coordinates: 49°49′30″N 2°57′35″E / 49.825°N 2.9597°E / 49.825; 2.9597
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Ham
Intercommunality	CC Est de la Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Lecomte
Area 1	6.32 km2 (2.44 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	163
• Density	25.8/km2 (66.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80300 /80190
Elevation	51–91 m (167–299 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Falvy (French pronunciation: [falvi]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Falvy is situated on the D103 road, on the banks of the river Somme, some 19 miles (31 km) west of Saint-Quentin.

History

Falvy originated as a Gaulish village. Known by different names over the centuries :Fala, Falvicum in 1135, Phalevi in 1146, then Fallevy or Falevi sur Somme and finally Falvy Principle events :

• In the 12th century, Raoul I de Nesle, seigneur of both Nesle and Falvy, gave the windmill of Falvy-sur-Somme to the church at Saint-Quentin.
• 1629 and Louis XIII dismantles the château, a medieval fortress
• On 22 November 1916, fighter-ace-pilot Georges Guynemer claimed his 23rd victim at Falvy.
• On 9 August 1918, the bridge at Falvy was attacked by Lieutenant James Alfred Keating, an American volunteer in the RFC. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Population

Places of interest

• The church of Saint Benoite has dimensions that are relative to a time when the population was larger. Its origin was as a chapel to the chateau. It was victim of revolutionary vandalism in 1792, losing much of its embellishment and harmony by such destruction.
• The lake

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

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