- Lesbœufs
French commune
name= Lesbœufs
x = 141
y = 38
region=Picardie
departement=Somme
arrondissement= Péronne
canton=Combles
insee=80472
cp=80360
maire=Etienne Dubruque
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du canton de Combles
alt moy=31 m
alt mini=112 m
alt maxi=154 m
hectares=597
km²=5.97
sans=151
date-sans=1999
dens=25
date-dens=1999Lesbœufs is a commune in the
Somme "département" in thePicardie region ofFrance .Geography
Lesbœufs is situated on the D74 road, about half a mile from the A1 autoroute, some 30 miles northeast of
Amiens .History
The village was named from a legend about the Scottish monk, Saint Furcy who came as an evangelist to Picardy. He died during a journey to Péronne, where he had wanted to visit a church that he’d ordered to be built. Several communes claimed his body for burial. After negotiations, it was decided that he would be buried at the place where the oxen (the beef), pulling his funeral cart, decided to stop. They pulled up at Péronne, where St.Furcy became patron Saint.The village where these negotiations took place? First called "Les Boeufs" then "Lesboeufs".
The little village has one feature of interest to outsiders, the Guards cemetery. Some 16 km north east of Albert. Occupied by the Germans, it was attacked by 'The Guards' on the
September 15 ,1916 and captured eight days later. The cemetery, designed by Sir Herbert Baker, holds more than three thousand Allied soldiers from a number of regiments. Wheelchair access is not possible.Population
Places of interest
* The church
* The Military cemetery - the "Guards' cemetery"People with links to the commune
* Saint Furcy - Patron Saint of the neighbouring town of Péronne
ee also
*
Communes of the Somme department External links
* [http://www.cwgc.org/search/cemetery_details.aspx?cemetery=60500&mode=1 C.W.G site]
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80472&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Lesboeufs on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Lesboeufs Lesboeufs on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the original and the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on February 29th 2008."
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