Saint-Maulvis

French commune|name= Saint-Maulvis


x = 131
y = 39
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Amiens
canton=Oisemont
insee=80709
cp=80140
maire= Renée Goffetre
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du canton d'Oisemont
alt moy=125 m
alt mini=98 m
alt maxi=157 m
hectares=621
km²=6,21
sans=226
date-sans=1999
dens=36|

Saint-Maulvis is a commune in the Somme "département" in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Situated some 12 miles south of Abbeville, on the D96 and D187 roads.

Population

History

An important headquarters of the Order of Saint John existed here as early as 1179. The commander was also seigneur of this and a further 21 communes and there exercised ‘all justice’.
At the time of the Hundred Years War, in 1350, the village was totally burned down, except for the fortress sheltering the men-at-arms. The village was uninhabited for 16 years. From that time, the income of the commanderie was greatly reduced, so that the Grand Prior of France, Guillaume de Mailloc, summoned a general chapter at Paris in 1357.

ee also

Communes of the Somme department

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 23rd 2008."