Royon

Royon
Commune
Rebuilt château
Coat of arms
Location of Royon
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Coordinates: 50°28′25″N 1°59′35″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Fruges
Intercommunality	CC Haut Pays du Montreuillois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marie Cornuel[1]
Area ^1	7.49 km^2 (2.89 sq mi)
Population  (2021)[2]	133
• Density	18/km^2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62725 /62990
Elevation	54–160 m (177–525 ft) (avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km^2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Royon (French pronunciation: [ʁwajɔ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[3] 10 miles (16 km) east of Montreuil-sur-Mer in the valley of the Créquoise river.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	133	—
1975	135	+0.21%
1982	127	−0.87%
1990	117	−1.02%
1999	103	−1.41%
2007	117	+1.61%
2012	128	+1.81%
2017	135	+1.07%
Source: INSEE[4]

History

The slopes of hills in the region were blocked by thorny hedges of créquiers, the wild plum, and these hedges were called royons, which may be the source of the name.[5]
The first mention of Royon is in 893 in Gallia Christiana.[6] It is mentioned again in 1641 as 'Roion', and became 'Royon' in 1804.[7]

Map of Artois by Ortellius 1576.

Détail of Royon.

Places of interest

• The church of St. Germain, dating from the sixteenth century.[8]

See also

• Communes of the Pas-de-Calais department

References

1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
2. "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
3. INSEE commune file
4. Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
5. Balandra E. : Les rideaux ou royons picards aux XIIIe et XIVe, Bull. Soc. d' émulation d'Abbeville, 1980-XXIV, p. 757-763.
6. Gallia Christiana, XIV, p. 413, col A.
7. Dufetelle A. : Le Marquenterre, Monographie de Quend, Imp. Nouvelle, Abbeville, 1907.
8. Rodière R. : Dictionnaire épigraphique du Pas de Calais, Sède Ed., Arras, 1937

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  Louis XV château, before World War II
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  Church of Saint-Germain
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  Tombstone of the de Bryas family
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  Transcription of words and symbols on the tombstone