Vismes

French commune
name= Vismes


x = 130
y = 39
region=
departement=
arrondissement=
canton= Gamaches
insee=80809
cp=80140
maire=Nicolas Plé
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes de Blangy-sur-Bresle
alt moy=79 m
alt mini=71 m
alt maxi=124 m
hectares=1326
km²=13,26
sans=323
date-sans=2004
dens=23|

Vismes is a commune in the Somme "département" in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Situated some 10 miles(16km) southwest of Abbeville, on the D190 road

History

The chateau of Vismes was built by the seigneurs of Vismes, as documented by Théobald in 1066 (the name of Vismes could then be written with or without the "s"). The Marquis de Belleval added: "the ruins still stood in the last century". The castle was destroyed by John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster in 1372. The Seigneurie of Vismes passed to the house of Cayeu in the 14th century and then to that of Monchy in the following century, until 1785 when André de Monchy died.
Between 1790 and 1794 Vismes absorbed the hamlets of "Morival","Le Plouy" and "Wiammeville".

Coat of arms

D'argent, au chevron de gueules, accompagné en chef de deux étoiles d'or et en pointe d'un croissant du même" [ [http://www.heralogic.eu/blas_vi3.html Armorial de Rietstap] ] .

Population

See also

Communes of the Somme department

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80809&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Vismes on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Vismes Vismes on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 7th 2008."