Saint-Maulvis

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Coordinates: 49°54′21″N 1°50′11″E / 49.9058333333, 1.83638888889

Commune of Saint-Maulvis
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Oisemont
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du canton d'Oisemont
Mayor	Renée Goffetre (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	98 m–157 m (avg. 125 m)
Land area¹	6,21 km²
Population² (1999)	226
- Density	36/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80709/ 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.

Saint-Maulvis is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Population 3 History 4 See also 5 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated some 12 miles south of Abbeville, on the D96 and D187 roads.

[edit] Population

Population Evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
236	293	294	242	205	226
Census count starting from 1962 Source=INSEE[1] : Population without double counting

[edit] History

An important headquarters of the Order of Saint John existed here as early as 1179. The commander was also seigneur of this and a further 21 communes and there exercised ‘all justice’.
At the time of the Hundred Years War, in 1350, the village was totally burned down, except for the fortress sheltering the men-at-arms. The village was uninhabited for 16 years. From that time, the income of the commanderie was greatly reduced, so that the Grand Prior of France, Guillaume de Mailloc, summoned a general chapter at Paris in 1357.

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 23rd 2008.