Warlus, Somme

French commune
name= Warlus


x = 130
y = 39
region=
departement=
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canton= Molliens-Dreuil
insee=80821
cp=80270
maire=André-Jean Colin
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Sud-Ouest Amiénois
alt moy=48 m
alt mini=37 m
alt maxi=130 m
hectares=812
km²=8,12
sans=225
date-sans=1999
dens=27|

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

Geography

Situated some 16 miles(26km) west of Amiens, on the D18 road.

Population

History

The name of Warlus may have its origins in the name of a early bishop. Other sources say it comes from the Anglo-Saxon "war"(store or watch) and "lux" (light). In the 12th century, there was once a high tower which may have been used as a beacon during wartime.
There is nothing to suggest that Warlus is very old. It doesn’t appear to have had a castle and seems to have grown around a former convent, of which few vestiges remain (a few walls and some underground passages). The priors came from the Abbey of Selaincourt.
In the 12th century, the population grouped around the monastery and build a church. In the 16th & 17th centuries the seigneurs came from the Crequy family of Poix-de-Picardie .
During the Hundred Years War, the English went through the territory (there’s an ‘English path’ in Warlus woods) from Poix-de-Picardie to Airaines.
The tithes belonged to the abbey of Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre of Selaincourt and Berteaucourt, and the Celestine convent.

Places of interest

* 16th century church of Saint-Apre.

See also

Communes of the Somme department

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80821&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Warlus Warlus on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=32139&req=Warlus Warlus on the Quid website] fr

Notes

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