Goyencourt

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Coordinates: 49°43′35″N 2°45′59″E / 49.7263888889, 2.76638888889

Commune of Goyencourt
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Canton de Roye
Mayor	M. Michel Capelle (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	77 m–99 m (avg. 90 m)
Land area¹	5,38 km²
Population² (1999)	89
- Density	16/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80383/ 80700
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.

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

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

[edit] Geography

Situated at the D34 and D132 crossroads, some 27 miles southeast of Amiens. Cereal growing is the primary agricultural activity.

[edit] History

• The vestiges of a Gallo-Roman villa can be found within the boundaries of the commune.
• In the 8th and 9th century, the village was under the control of the abbey of Ourscamp.
• In 1653, during the upheaval of the Fronde, the village was ransacked by the Spanish army, led by Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de Condé, who laid siege to Roye.
• By 1918, at the end of the First World War, the village and the chateau lay in ruins.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
113	115	106	96	98	89
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The modern church of Saint-Martin
• The chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Liesse

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Goyencourt Tourist Office (French)
• Goyencourt on the Insee website (French)
• Goyencourt on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 19th 2008.