Lesbœufs

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Coordinates: 50°02′34″N 2°51′48″E / 50.0427777778, 2.86333333333

Commune of Lesbœufs
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Combles
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du canton de Combles
Mayor	Etienne Dubruque (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	112 m–154 m (avg. 31 m)
Land area¹	5.97 km²
Population² (1999)	151
- Density	25/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80472/ 80360
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.

Lesbœufs 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 People with links to the commune 6 See also 7 External links 8 Notes

[edit] Geography

Lesbœufs is situated on the D74 road, about half a mile from the A1 autoroute, some 30 miles northeast of Amiens.

[edit] History

The village was named from a legend about the Scottish monk, Saint Furcy who came as an evangelist to Picardy. He died during a journey to Péronne, where he had wanted to visit a church that he’d ordered to be built. Several communes claimed his body for burial. After negotiations, it was decided that he would be buried at the place where the oxen (the beef), pulling his funeral cart, decided to stop. They pulled up at Péronne, where St.Furcy became patron Saint. The village where these negotiations took place? First called "Les Boeufs" then "Lesboeufs".

The little village has one feature of interest to outsiders, the Guards cemetery. Some 16 km north east of Albert. Occupied by the Germans, it was attacked by 'The Guards' on the September 15, 1916 and captured eight days later. The cemetery, designed by Sir Herbert Baker, holds more than three thousand Allied soldiers from a number of regiments. Wheelchair access is not possible.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
213	213	150	138	159	151
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] Places of interest

• The church
• The Military cemetery - the "Guards' cemetery"

[edit] People with links to the commune

• Saint Furcy - Patron Saint of the neighbouring town of Péronne

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• C.W.G site
• Lesboeufs on the Insee website (French)
• Lesboeufs on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the original and the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 29th 2008.