Folleville, Somme

Folleville
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Folleville
Location within Picardy region Folleville
Coordinates:
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Montdidier
Canton	Ailly-sur-Noye
Intercommunality	Val de Noye
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Pierre Michelin
Area1	6.09 km2 (2.35 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	127
• Density	21/km2 (54/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80321 / 80250
Elevation	62–158 m (203–518 ft) (avg. 146 m or 479 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.

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

Geography

Folleville is situated on the D109 road, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Amiens.

Population

Historical population of Folleville, Somme

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	52	73	46	62	63	72	127
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Places of interest

• Chateau de Folleville (14th century)
• Church of Saint-Jacques-Le-Majeur et Saint-Jean-Baptiste

File:Folleville.jpg

The church and the ruins of the château in 1617

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

Bibliography

• Pierre Michelin, Folleville. La fin du Moyen Âge et les premières formes de la modernité (1519–1617), préface de Jean Estienne, Amiens : Mémoires de la Société des Antiquaires de Picardie - tome 56, 2000, 398 p. ISBN 2-902829-04-3
• Georges Durand, "Les Lannoy, Folleville et l'art italien dans le Nord de la France", in Eugène Lefèbvre-Pontalis (dir.), Le Bulletin Monumental, tome 70, 1906.

External links

• Folleville official website
• Folleville on the Quid website (French)