Ramburelles

Ramburelles
School
Ramburelles
Location within Picardy region  Ramburelles
Coordinates: 49°58′05″N 1°42′38″E / 49.9681°N 1.7106°E / 49.9681; 1.7106Coordinates: 49°58′05″N 1°42′38″E / 49.9681°N 1.7106°E / 49.9681; 1.7106
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Gamaches
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Michel Dubus
Area1	4.59 km2 (1.77 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	244
• Density	53/km2 (140/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80662 / 80140
Elevation	104–133 m (341–436 ft) (avg. 130 m or 430 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.

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

Geography

Ramburelles is situated on the D263 road, some 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Abbeville.

Population

History

• In 1218, Bishop Evrard puts the parish under the deanship of Oisemont.
• In the 14th century, it came under the provost of the Vimeu.
• Before leaving, in 1944, the Germans burnt down the school and the chateau.
• In 1922, the local council agreed to the installation of a telephone kiosk.^[1] It wasn’t working until 1924.

Event from after World War I

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• In 1922 and 1923, electrification came to the village. Public buildings waited until 1929.
• In 1932, the local council agreed to provide a fresh water supply to the commune. It wasn’t completed until 1953.
• in 1948, the roads of the commune were covered in tarmac for the first time.

Heraldry

The arms of Ramburelles are blazoned : Azure, an inescutcheon argent. (Gouzeaucourt, Saint-Jean-de-Vals, Ramburelles, Saint-Menge, Colombey-les-Belles and Ostreville use the same arms.)

Places of interest

• The traces of a castle can be seen in pastureland near the village.
• The sixteenth century church, completed in 1536
• The château
• The war memorial, from 1922
• Ancient wells, used until clean water was supplied to the village.
• The school. It was planned in 1878 and built soon after.

Personalities

Front page of Les hommes d'aujourd'hui in 1870

• Paul Eugène Delattre (1830–1898). Lawyer, politician, writer

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ramburelles.

• Ramburelles on the Quid website (French)