Royon

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Royon
Commune
Rebuilt château
Rebuilt château
Coat of arms of Royon
Coat of arms
Location of Royon
Royon is located in France
Royon
Royon
Coordinates: 50°28′25″N 1°59′35″E / 50.4736°N 1.9931°E / 50.4736; 1.9931Coordinates: 50°28′25″N 1°59′35″E / 50.4736°N 1.9931°E / 50.4736; 1.9931
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementMontreuil
CantonFruges
IntercommunalityCC Haut Pays du Montreuillois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Marie Cornuel
Area
1
7.49 km2 (2.89 sq mi)
Population
 (Jan. 2018)[1]
136
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62725 /62990
Elevation54–160 m (177–525 ft)
(avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Royon is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography[]

Royon is located 10 miles (16 km) east of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D130 road, in the valley of the Créquoise river.

Population[]

Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968133—    
1975135+0.21%
1982127−0.87%
1990117−1.02%
1999103−1.41%
2007117+1.61%
2012128+1.81%
2017135+1.07%
Source: INSEE[2]

History[]

The slopes of hills in the region were blocked by thorny hedges of créquiers, the wild plum, and these hedges were called royons [3]
The first mention of Royon is in 893 in Gallia Christiana.[4] It is mentioned again in 1641 as 'Roion', and became 'Royon' in 1804.[5]

Map of Artois by Ortellius 1576.
Détail of Royon.

Places of interest[]

  • The church of St. Germain, dating from the sixteenth century.[6]
  • The Louis XV château, destroyed in May 1944.
  • The present day château, home of the current mayor.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
  2. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  3. ^ Balandra E. : Les rideaux ou royons picards aux XIIIe et XIVe, Bull. Soc. d' émulation d'Abbeville, 1980-XXIV, p. 757-763.
  4. ^ Gallia Christiana, XIV, p. 413, col A.
  5. ^ Dufetelle A. : Le Marquenterre, Monographie de Quend, Imp. Nouvelle, Abbeville, 1907.
  6. ^ Rodière R. : Dictionnaire épigraphique du Pas de Calais, Sède Ed., Arras, 1937

  • Louis XV château, before World War II

  • Church of Saint-Germain

  • Tombstone of the de Bryas family

  • Transcription of words and symbols on the tombstone


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