Warlus, Somme
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Commune of Warlus |
||
Location | ||
|
||
Administration | ||
---|---|---|
Country | France | |
Region | Picardie | |
Department | Somme | |
Arrondissement | Amiens | |
Canton | Molliens-Dreuil | |
Intercommunality | Communauté de communes du Sud-Ouest Amiénois | |
Mayor | André-Jean Colin (2001-2008) |
|
Statistics | ||
Elevation | 37 m–130 m (avg. 48 m) |
|
Land area¹ | 8,12 km² | |
Population² (1999) |
225 | |
- Density | 27/km² | |
Miscellaneous | ||
INSEE/Postal code | 80821/ 80270 | |
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. | ||
Warlus is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.
Contents |
[edit] Geography
Situated some 16 miles(26km) west of Amiens, on the D18 road.
[edit] Population
1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
229 | 238 | 218 | 249 | 219 | 225 |
Census count starting from 1962 Population without double counting |
[edit] History
The name of Warlus may have its origins in the name of a early bishop. Other sources say it comes from the Anglo-Saxon war(store or watch) and lux (light). In the 12th century, there was once a high tower which may have been used as a beacon during wartime.
There is nothing to suggest that Warlus is very old. It doesn’t appear to have had a castle and seems to have grown around a former convent, of which few vestiges remain (a few walls and some underground passages). The priors came from the Abbey of Selaincourt.
In the 12th century, the population grouped around the monastery and build a church. In the 16th & 17th centuries the seigneurs came from the Crequy family of Poix-de-Picardie .
During the Hundred Years War, the English went through the territory (there’s an ‘English path’ in Warlus woods) from Poix-de-Picardie to Airaines.
The tithes belonged to the abbey of Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre of Selaincourt and Berteaucourt, and the Celestine convent.
[edit] Places of interest
- 16th century church of Saint-Apre.
[edit] See also
Communes of the Somme department
[edit] External links
- Warlus Warlus on the Insee website (French)
- Warlus on the Quid website (French)
[edit] Notes
- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 7th 2008.