Falvy

Falvy
Falvy Lake
Falvy
Location within Picardy region Falvy
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Nesle
Intercommunality	Nesle
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Jean-Louis Duclaux
Area1	6.32 km2 (2.44 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	142
• Density	22/km2 (58/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80300 / 80190
Elevation	51–91 m (167–299 ft) (avg. 60 m or 200 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.

Falvy is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

Falvy is situated on the D103 road, on the banks of the river Somme, some 19 miles (31 km) west of Saint Quentin.

History

Falvy originated as a Gaulish village. Known by different names over the centuries :Fala, Falvicum in 1135, Phalevi in 1146, then Fallevy or Falevi sur Somme and finally Falvy Principle events :

• In the 12th century, Raoul I de Nesle, seigneur of both Nesle and Falvy, gave the windmill of Falvy-sur-Somme to the church at Saint-Quentin.
• 1629 and Louis XIII dismantles the château, a medieval fortress
• On 22 November 1916, fighter-ace-pilot Georges Guynemer claimed his 23rd victim at Falvy.
• On 9 August 1918, the bridge at Falvy was attacked by Lieutenant James Alfred Keating, an American volunteer in the RFC. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Population

Historical population of Falvy

Year	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	138	117	118	108	116	106	100	142
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 church of Saint Benoite has dimensions that are relative to a time when the population was larger. Its origin was as a chapel to the chateau. It was victim of revolutionary vandalism in 1792, losing much of its embellishment and harmony by such destruction.
• The lake

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Falvy on the Quid website (French)