Falvy

Administration
Falvy

Falvy Lake
Falvy

Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Nesle
Intercommunality	Nesle
Mayor	Jean-Louis Duclaux (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	51–91 m (167–299 ft) (avg. 60 m/200 ft)
Land area¹	6.32 km² (2.44 sq mi)
Population²	142 (2006)
- Density	22 /km² (57 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80300/ 80190
¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
² Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Falvy is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

1 Geography
2 History
3 Population
4 Places of interest
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

Geography

Falvy is situated on the D103 road, on the banks of the river Somme, some 19 miles (31 km) west of Saint Quentin.

History

Falvy originated as a Gaulish village. Known by different names over the centuries :Fala, Falvicum in 1135, Phalevi in 1146, then Fallevy or Falevi sur Somme and finally Falvy Principle events :

In the 12th century, Raoul I de Nesle, seigneur of both Nesle and Falvy, gave the windmill of Falvy-sur-Somme to the church at Saint-Quentin.
1629 and Louis XIII dismantles the château , a medieval fortress
On 22 November 1916, fighter-ace-pilot Georges Guynemer claimed his 23rd victim at Falvy.
On the 9th August 1918, the bridge at Falvy was attacked by Lieutenant James Alfred Keating , an American volunteer in the RFC. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Population

Historical population of Falvy
Year	1954	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	138	117	118	108	116	106	100	142
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

The church of Saint Benoite has dimensions that are relative to a time when the population was larger. Its origin was as a chapel to the chateau. It was victim of revolutionary vandalism in 1792, losing much of its embellishment and harmony by such destruction.
The lake

References

INSEE

External links

Falvy on the Quid website (French)

Communes of the Somme department