- Falvy
French commune|name= Falvy
x = 141
y = 39
region=Picardie
departement=Somme
arrondissement=Péronne
canton=Canton de Nesle
insee=80300
cp=80190
maire=Jean-Louis Duclaux
mandat=2001 -2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes de Nesle
alt moy=60 m
alt mini=51 m
alt maxi=91 m
hectares=632
km²=6,32
sans=100
date-sans=1999
dens=15|Falvy is a commune in the
Somme "département" in thePicardie region ofFrance .Geography
Situated on the D103 road, on the banks of the
river Somme , some 19 miles west ofSaint Quentin .History
Falvy finds its origins 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 FalvyPrinciple 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 andLouis XIII dismantles the château , a medieval fortress
* On 22nd November 1916, fighter-ace-pilotGeorges Guynemer claimed his 23rd victim at Falvy.
* On the 9th August 1918, the bridge at Falvy was attacked by Lieutenant James Alfred Keating , an American volunteer in theRFC . 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 Lakeee also
Communes of the Somme department External links
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80300&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Falvy on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Falvy Falvy on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on February 12th 2008."
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