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Country
  
France

Department
  
Somme

Canton
  
Nesle

Area
  
6.32 km²

Population
  
100 (1999)

Region
  
Hauts-de-France

Arrondissement
  
Péronne

Intercommunality
  
Nesle

Local time
  
Thursday 8:10 AM

Falvy

Weather
  
12°C, Wind SW at 18 km/h, 95% Humidity

Falvy is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Contents

Map of Falvy, France

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 9 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.

    • 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

    Falvy Wikipedia
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