- Hérissart
French commune| name= Hérissart
x = 139
y = 39
region=Picardie
departement=Somme
arrondissement= Amiens
canton=Canton d'Acheux-en-Amiénois
insee=80431
cp=80260
maire=M. Gérard Housse
mandat=2001 -2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot
alt moy=185 m
alt mini=79 m
alt maxi=151 m
hectares=739
km²=7.39
sans=494
date-sans=1999
dens=66|Hérissart is a commune in the
Somme "département" in thePicardie region ofFrance .Geography
Situated at the junction of the D60 and D114 road, some 14 miles northeast of
Amiens .History
Known variously as Henresart, Henrissart or Herrissart, the name Hérissart suggests deforested wasteland, especially covered in
brambles orgorse .
First mentioned in a charter of donations byClotaire to the abbey ofCorbie in662 , as a village created by clearing (:fr: "essarter" ) some of the forest of Vicogne.Sandstone , (:fr:grès) was once quarried here and used in Amienscathedral . Today, nothing remains of the industry.
In 1774, Guy Antoine Picquet, the last ‘seigneur’ of Hérissart, donated a new bell for the church. Cast in the famous Cavillers foundry at nearbyCarrépuis , this bell is still used today, two others having been seized during theFrench Revolution .Many of the inhabitants were involved, to some degree, in the production of
linen , from the growing of [flax] through preparation and weaving. In1842 , a great fire destroyed many cottages and farms, reducing much of the output, which never fully recovered.The new cemetery was created in 1866, when the church graveyard was full. The schools and the mairie were built in
1869 .During the
Franco-Prussian war , the village was taken by the Germans of the 8th Prussian Rhenane Corps, about 300 mane and horses, on the 21st March1871 . They stayed till the 26th April 1871.
The village lost almost a third of its young men duringWorld War I . Many British troops were billeted here during the fighting.Population
ee also
Communes of the Somme department External links
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80431&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Hérissart on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Hérissart Hérissart on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted onFebruary 25 2008 ."
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