Vaux-Marquenneville

French commune
name= Vaux-Marquenneville


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departement=
arrondissement= Abbeville
canton=Hallencourt
insee=80783
cp=80140
maire= Paul Boutroy
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm= Communauté de communes de la Région d'Hallencourt
alt moy=152 m
alt mini=70 m
alt maxi=122 m
hectares=397
km²=3,97
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date-sans=2006
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Vaux-Marquenneville is a commune in the Somme "département" in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

A small farming village situated some 8 miles south of Abbeville, on the D93 road. The name Vaux derives from ‘vale’ or ‘valley’ and Marquenneville comes from the domain of someone called Marca. [Source: "Les lieudits" de la Section Patrimoine CIS N°9 [http://rheuh.free.fr/comptesrenduscis/pdf/patri09.pdf] ] The inhabitants are known as ’’Vallois’’’

Population

History

Known by many variants of the current name throughout the centuries:
1166: Vaux, 1557 Vaulx, 1757 Vaux
1284 Marquienvilla, 1301 Marchaigneville, 1312 Markaigneville, 1340 Markainneville, 1388 Marquenneville [Source: C.I.S.Section Patrimoine N°9 [http://rheuh.free.fr/comptesrenduscis/pdf/patri09.pdf] ]

The Knights Templar were established nearby at Oisemont and had a farm at VauxSource: " la Somme, les 783 communes", septembre 2004, aux éditions Delattre, Grandvilliers (60)]

The first known seigneurs were the Riencourt family Source: " la Somme, les 783 communes", septembre 2004, aux éditions Delattre, Grandvilliers (60)]
In 1790 the commune came under the management of the department of the Somme and in 1793 the town of Vaux was integrated into the arrondissement of Abbeville and the canton of Saint-Maxent.
1801 saw the neighbouring village of Marquenneville join with Vaux [Fusion, source Cassini [http://cassini.ehess.fr/cassini/fr/html/fiche.php?select_resultat=39113] ] .

The town was occupied, as were many French towns and villages, by the German army during World War II. In 1943 work began to build a V1 missile launch ramp at "Le Mont" in Marquenneville.

A German army deserter hid in a hangar under a pile of wheat and after fruitless search by the Wehrmacht, the soldier, with the help of the French Resistance escaped from France to Spain and return to his own home.

In June 1944. the V1 ramps were destroyed by No. 485 Squadron RNZAF. The bombardment lasted one and a half hours (from 15h45 to 17h15).
The village was liberated by a Canadian tank regiment in 1944.
Vaux-Marquenneville received the Croix de guerre with Bronze Star from the Secretary of State for War who said: "This courageous village, badly damaged during the Second World War, was delivered by faith and hard work".

Places of interest

* The 16th century church [Histoire de Cloches [http://rheuh.free.fr/comptesrenduscis/pdf/patri08.pdf] ] . The Riencourt family tomb is insideSource: " la Somme, les 783 communes", septembre 2004, aux éditions Delattre, Grandvilliers (60)]

* The war memorial [Source: Mémorial morts pour la france (80) [http://www.premiumwanadoo.com/memorial-morts-pour-la-france-80/memorial/memorial.htm#hallencourt] ] is on the left of the entrance to the church graveyard.

* The manor [ Sources:Quid [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=32104&req=Vau&style=fiche] ] with a 17th century dovecote.
* Another dovecote of the same period can be found at another farm in the village Source: " la Somme, les 783 communes", septembre 2004, aux éditions Delattre, Grandvilliers (60)] .

* The school and mairie [Source: Section Patrimoine C.I.S. N°11 Pg:garde, 19, 29, 32, 52, 56. [http://rheuh.free.fr/comptesrenduscis/pdf/patri11.pdf] ]
* 1834: The presbytery serves as a school and communal housing. The annual salary of the teacher was 200 francs.
* 1838 - 1855: Renovation of the school.
* 1861: Separation of boys and girls by a partition.
* 1873: Collapse of the west side and part of the roof.
* 1876: Introduction of the municipal library in the school.
* 1883: Establishment of the Fund Schools.
* 1889 - 1890: Construction of the new mixed school (now the mairie).
* Since the 1960s, the school has been closed but the building is still used as the mairie [ Annuaire Mairie [http://www.annuaire-mairie.fr/42743-commune-vaux%20marquenneville-somme.html] ] .

See also

Communes of the Somme department

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80783&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Vaux-Marquenneville on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Vaux-Marquenneville Vaux-Marquenneville on the Quid website] fr
* [http://perso.wanadoo.fr/cis.hallencourt/patrimoine.htm Friends of the CIS of Hallencourt] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 5th 2008."