Falvy

Falvy
Commune
Falvy Lake
Coat of arms
Location of Falvy
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Coordinates: 49°49′30″N 2°57′35″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Ham
Intercommunality	CC Est de la Somme
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frédéric Lecomte[1]
Area ^1	6.32 km^2 (2.44 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	160
• Density	25/km^2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Falvy (French pronunciation: [falvi]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France 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

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	118	—
1975	108	−1.26%
1982	116	+1.03%
1990	106	−1.12%
1999	100	−0.65%
2007	128	+3.13%
2012	134	+0.92%
2017	150	+2.28%
Source: INSEE[3]

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

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE