Tilloy-lès-Conty
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Commune of Tilloy-lès-Conty |
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| Administration | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region |  Picardie |
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| Department |  Somme |
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| Arrondissement | Amiens | |
| Canton | Conty | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du canton de Conty | |
| Mayor | Martine Queval (2008-2014) |
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| Elevation | 48 m–135 m (avg. 105 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 6,34 km² | |
| Population² (1999) |
228 | |
| - Density | 35/km² | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 80761/ 80160 | |
| 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. | ||
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Tilloy-lès-Conty is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.
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[edit] Geography
Situated some 10 miles south southwest of Amiens, on the D8e road
[edit] Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
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| 214 | 217 | 176 | 196 | 220 | 228 |
| Census count starting from 1962 Population without double counting | |||||
[edit] Places of interest
- The 17th century church of Notre-Dame
[edit] Château de Tilloy-lès-Conty
Ancient fief of the seigneurs of the Croy family, restored as a country house at the end of the 17th century.[1]. Comprising of a garden and a 9 hectare park, with a little English garden filled with 165 varieties of roses.
[edit] The gardens of the Pic-Vert
A 6000 square metre garden built by Michel Driencourt around a large 19th century Picardie farm, in four sections:
- A shady garden with old Japanese cherry trees,
- An inner courtyard,
- An old orchard and vegetable garden,
- A conservatory of ancient varieties
2500 varieties of shrubs and perennials are on show with collections of delphinium, iris, poppies, magnolia, hydrangea and Japanese maples.
[edit] See also
Communes of the Somme department
[edit] External links
- Tilloy-lès-Conty on the Insee website (French)
- Tilloy-lès-Conty on the Quid website (French)
[edit] Notes
- ^ Le château (façades et toitures), le hall d' entrée, ses deux paliers et escaliers, ainsi que son parc sont classés en totalité (cad. AD 10, 50 à 52, 72) : inscription par arrêté du 19 juillet 2004.
- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 4th 2008.
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