Tilloy-lès-Conty
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Location within Picardy region
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| Country | France |
| Region | Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Amiens |
| Canton | Conty |
| Intercommunality | Canton of Conty |
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| • Mayor (2008–2014) | Martine Queval |
| Area1 | 6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2006)2 | 250 |
| • Density | 39/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80761 / 80160 |
| Elevation | 48–135 m (157–443 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. | |
Tilloy-lès-Conty is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.
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Geography
The commune is situated 10 miles (16 km) south southwest of Amiens, on the D8e road
Population
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 214 | 217 | 176 | 196 | 220 | 228 | 250 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
Places of interest
- The seventeenth century church of Notre-Dame
Château de Tilloy-lès-Conty
This is the ancient fief of the seigneurs of the Croy family, restored as a country house at the end of the 17th century.[1] It consists of a garden and a 9 hectare park, with a little English garden filled with 165 varieties of roses.
The gardens of the Pic-Vert
A 6000-square-metre garden built by Michel Driencourt around a large 19th-century Picardie farm, in four sections:
- A shady garden with old Japanese cherry trees
- An inner courtyard
- An old orchard and vegetable garden
- A conservatory of ancient varieties
2500 varieties of shrubs and perennials are on show with collections of delphinium, iris, poppies, magnolia, hydrangea and Japanese maples.
See also
References
- ↑ Le château (façades et toitures), le hall d' entrée, ses deux paliers et escaliers, ainsi que son parc sont classés en totalité (cad. AD 10, 50 à 52, 72) : inscription par arrêté du 19 juillet 2004.
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- Tilloy-lès-Conty on the Quid website (French)
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