Thoix
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Thoix | |
Coordinates: 49°45′22″N 2°04′12″E / 49.756°N 2.07°ECoordinates: 49°45′22″N 2°04′12″E / 49.756°N 2.07°E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Somme |
Arrondissement | Amiens |
Canton | Ailly-sur-Noye |
Intercommunality | CC Somme Sud-Ouest |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Frederic Marseille[1] |
Area 1 | 11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi) |
Population (Jan. 2018)[2] | 144 |
• Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 80757 /80160 |
Elevation | 82–188 m (269–617 ft) (avg. 40.00 m or 131.23 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
Thoix is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography[]
Thoix is situated 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Amiens, on the D100 road. The Parquets river, a small tributary of the river Évoissons, which flows into the Selle, has its source in Thoix and also feeds the castle moat
Population[]
Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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Population | 86 | 105 | 114 | 130 | 135 | 144 | 137 |
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. |
History[]
The village has been known by many names over the centuries: Teoletum, Teoleium, Tois in 1140, Thois in 1212 and Thoys by 1301. The inhabitants are known as Téoduliens.
Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet (1488–1525), a favourite of king Francis I, was seigneur of Thoix.
Places of interest[]
- The fifteenth-century château.
- Saint-Etienne's fifteenth-century church
- A fifteenth-century stone cross in the square
- A dovecote in the courtyard of the farm opposite the château
- A memorial to an aerial combat between a French aeroplane and 8 German fighter planes on 5 June 1940.
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- ^ "Populations légales 2018". INSEE. 28 December 2020.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thoix. |
- Page about the Château de Thoix (in French)
Categories:
- Communes of Somme (department)
- Amiens arrondissement geography stubs