Lucheux

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Commune of Lucheux
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Doullens
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Doullennais
Mayor	Pierre Trzcialkowski (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	70 m–174 m (avg. 87 m)
Land area¹	27,65 km²
Population² (1999)	568
- Density	20/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80495/ 80600
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.

Lucheux 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 People linked to the commune 6 See also 7 External links 8 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated on the D5 road, some 18 miles southwest of Arras, near the border with the neighbouring departement of the Pas-de-Calais.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
522	543	513	553	607	568
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] History

The château was taken by the Protestants under Captain Cocqueville in 1568 during the Wars of Religion. Laid to siege and taken again in 1595 during the same wars, this time by the Spanish under Hernando Teillo de Porto Carrer.

[edit] Places of interest

Lucheux is a medieval town with many remarkable monuments:

• The belfry, listed as an historic monument in 1896,
• The 15th century château.

Dominating the town on the road leading north to Avesnes-le-Comte), it presents an abrupt wall into the valley and the forest with the ruins of some round towers. The moat surrounding the fortress is preserved and can be visited. Some parts are overgrown and inaccessible.^[1]. The vestiges of the round towers are hidden on their exterior face, but the entrance is well restored. The interior allows an understanding of the dimensions of the dwelling space available to the lord of the manor, with its walls and double bays of the Great Hall, below which one can see the
moat and a preserved section of the keep or ‘donjon’.

• The church, dating from the 12th century.
• An unusual hollow tree, known as the ‘marriage’ tree
• Many restored typical Picardy houses.

The Bell-tower

Ruins of the donjon

The cemetery

The sundial.

[edit] People linked to the commune

• Saint Leger, who was killed in the forest of Sarcing here at Lucheux in 678.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Lucheux on the Insee website (French)
• Lucheux on the Quid website (French)
• Site du Syndicat Mixte des Vals d'Authie, Nièvre et Somme (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 4, 2008.

Coordinates: 50°12′N, 2°25′E