- Villers-Faucon
French commune
name= Villers-Faucon
x = 142
y = 40
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Péronne
canton= Roisel
insee=80802
cp=80240
maire=M. André Brouette
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du canton de Roisel
longitude=3.1
latitude=49.9775
alt moy=104 m
alt mini=75 m
alt maxi=144 m
hectares=1 142
km²=11,42
sans=625
date-sans=1999
dens=54|Villers-Faucon is a commune in the
Somme "département" in thePicardie region ofFrance .Geography
Situated some 15 miles(24km) northwest of
Saint Quentin , at the D72 and D101 crossroads, in the far east of the departement. The commune also includes the hamlet of Sainte-Emilie.Population
History
According to Abbot Decagny of
Roisel , Villers-Faucon was originally Villers-Falcon and previously Villare Falconis, which means,in Latin, villa of the hawks. Villers-Faucon’s original puprpose was that of a falconry, located in the heart of the forest of Arrouaise.
The village was almost totally destroyed in 1916, during theFirst World War . Following a withdrawal of German troops around theHindenburg line , the inhabitants were evacuated to the north toDenain , tons of dynamite were set off around all of the buildings in the town (including thesugar refinery at St. Emilie) and all the trees were cut down, to leave the field open for the approach of troops. The village was destroyed, but the cemetery was left untouched.
After the conflict, reconstruction began, which lasted almost a decade, led by a rebuilding cooperative led byLouis Faille .Sites and Monuments
* Notre Dame church was rebuilt in 1932 by architect
Louis Faille . It's one of many public buildings completed by the architect in his work during the period of reconstruction of the eastern part of the Somme.See also
Communes of the Somme department External links
* [http://www.ccroisel.com Official website of the Communauté de communes du Canton de Roisel] fr
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80802&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Villers-Faucon on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Villers-Faucon Villers-Faucon on the Quid website] frNotes
*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the
French Wikipedia , consulted on April 7th 2008."
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