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Country
  
Department
  
Canton
  
Acheux-en-Amiénois

Area
  
4.07 km²

Population
  
82 (1999)

Region
  
Arrondissement
  
Intercommunality
  
Local time
  
Sunday 11:53 PM

Marieux

Weather
  
7°C, Wind NW at 11 km/h, 89% Humidity

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

Contents

Map of 80560 Marieux, France

Geography

Marieux is situated on the D11 road, some 20 miles (32 km) north of Amiens.

History

The château was built in 1777 and is still owned and occupied by the same family today. Marieux is on the once strategically important and well-protected Roman road leading from Amiens to the English Channel and Britain.

During the First World War, it was British army headquarters for this part of the western front. On 25 October 1915, George V lunched here at the château with French Président Poincaré and the Chiefs-of-Staff of the French and British armies.

References

Marieux Wikipedia


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