Roye, Somme

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Coordinates: 49°42′03″N 2°47′28″E / 49.7008333333, 2.79111111111

Commune of Roye
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Roye (chef-lieu)
Mayor	Jacques Fleury (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	67 m–96 m (avg. 88 m)
Land area¹	15.55 km²
Population² (1999)	6,529
- Density	419/km² (1999)
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80685/ 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.

Roye 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 Personalities linked with the community 6 See also 7 External links 8 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated at the junction of the A1 autoroute and the N17 road, on the banks of the Avre, some 30 miles southeast of Amiens.

[edit] Population

Population movement

1936	1946	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
4956	4390	4912	5211	6265	6650	6333	6529
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] History

• In 1634, religious refugees from Seville, Spain, known as the illuministes tried to establish themselves in France. They claimed to be inspired by celestial messages. Pierre Guérin, curate of Saint-Georges, was converted and himself created many disciples, called "les Guérinistes". The Catholic church sought out and executed all of them by 1635.

[edit] Places of interest

• Church of Saint Pierre. Rebuilt in concrete in 1930 after considerable damage during the First World War. The 12th century choir and apse and the 15th century stained-glass windows were all saved^[1].
• The Hôtel de Ville (Town hall), built between 1775 and 1777 by the architect Pierre Dercheu was blown-up with dynamite by the retreating Germans on the 17th March 1917. The new building, by local architect Arthur Régnier, was completed in 1932. It is reminiscent of the original by Dercheu.

[edit] Personalities linked with the community

• Gracchus Babeuf, a protagonist during the French revolution was born nearby and lived and worked here.
• Pierre Guérin, an fr:illuministe preacher. Curate of Saint-Georges church, Roye
• Abbot Jules Corblet (1819-1886), hagiographer for the diocese of Amiens.

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Official Roye website (French)
• Roye on the Insee website (French)
• Roye on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 12th 2008.