Saint-Maulvis

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Saint-Maulvis
Saint-Maulvis
Coordinates: 49°54′21″N 1°50′11″E / 49.9058°N 1.8364°E / 49.9058; 1.8364Coordinates: 49°54′21″N 1°50′11″E / 49.9058°N 1.8364°E / 49.9058; 1.8364
Country France
Region Picardy
Department Somme
Arrondissement Amiens
Canton Oisemont
Intercommunality Canton of Oisemont
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Renée Goffetre
Area
 • Land1 6.21 km2 (2.40 sq mi)
Population (2006)
 • Population2 251
 • Population2 Density 40/km2 (100/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 80709 / 80140
Elevation 98–157 m (322–515 ft)
(avg. 125 m or 410 ft)

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.

Saint-Maulvis is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

The commune is situated some 12 miles (19 km) south of Abbeville, on the D96 and D187 roads.

Population

Historical population of Saint-Maulvis
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population236293294242205226251
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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.

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