Fresnes-Tilloloy

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Coordinates: 49°59′05″N 1°46′05″E / 49.9847222222, 1.76805555556

Commune of Fresnes-Tilloloy
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Oisemont
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du canton d'Oisemont
Mayor	Gérard Houbart (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	89 m–116 m (avg. 115 m)
Land area¹	3.52 km²
Population² (2005)	136
- Density	38/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80354/ 80140
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.

Fresnes-Tilloloy (or Fresne-Tilloloy^[1]) is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 History 4 Places of interest 5 See also 6 External Links 7 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Abbeville on the D25 road

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2005
147	134	130	134	130	137	136
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] History

The name is derived from the French for the Linden (Limetree)(fr: tilleul) and the Ash(fr: frêne).^[2] and reference to the village (as Fresnum) is mentioned in 1207. Tilloloy was also noted in 1373 as Thillolay^[3]
Thilloloy and Fresnes were joined as one commune sometime between 1790 and 1794 as the commune of Fresnes-Thilloloy.

Traces of Gallo-Roman settlement have been found in the area, and the Roman road (the “chaussée de Brunehaut” is nearby^[4]

In 1346, Edward III, spent some time here^[5]

The commune was occupied from 17th February to the 9th March 1871 by the Germans during the Franco-Prussian War.

[edit] Places of interest

• The Mairie^[6] which also houses the school.

• The medieval church, part demolished and rebuilt in 1860, is dedicated to Saint-Ouen.

Autel de l'Eglise vu de l'entrée	Entrée de l'Eglise vu de l'Autel	Autel de l'Eglise	Autel dédié à la Sainte-Vierge
Confessionnal de l'Eglise	Reste de la Chaire

• The cemetery

• The war memorial

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External Links

• Fresne-Tilloloy on the Insee website (French)
• Fresne-Tilloloy on the Quid website (French)
• "joan-of-arc-studies" (English)
• Historique des Régiments de 1914-18 (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 16th 2008.