Coisy

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Coordinates: 49°57′38″N 2°19′42″E / 49.9605555556, 2.32833333333

Commune of Coisy
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Villers-Bocage
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Bocage et de l'Hallue
Mayor	Claude DEFLESSELLE (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	71 m–129 m (avg. 110 m)
Land area¹	6,08 km²
Population² (1999)	246
- Density	40/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80202/ 80260
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

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

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Population 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated on the D11a between the D11 and the N25, some 5 miles north of Amiens.

[edit] History

Mentioned in the 12th century, when Coisy was under the jurisdiction of the seigneurs of Beauquesne.
A priory was established at the hamlet of Flesserolles in 1156, under the Abbaye d'Anchin.
By the end of the 14th century, Coisy was governed by the Bureau de la Rivière.
Protestant assemblies were set up in 1570.
Marshall Biron and his troops stopped here in 1597, during the Wars of Religion.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
183	196	175	184	226	246
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Coisy on the Insee website (French)
• Coisy on the Quid website (French)
• Website of the community of communes of Bocage-hallue (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the original and more from the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 5th 2008.