Cerisy | |
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.JPG) Saint-Georges de Cerisy Church | |
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| Coordinates:49°54′24″N2°38′22″E / 49.9067°N 2.6394°E /49.9067; 2.6394 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Amiens |
| Canton | Corbie |
| Intercommunality | Val de Somme |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Claudie Duthoit[1] |
Area 1 | 10.93 km2 (4.22 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 526 |
| • Density | 48.1/km2 (125/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80184 /80800 |
| Elevation | 32–92 m (105–302 ft) (avg. 68 m or 223 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Cerisy (French pronunciation:[səʁizi];Picard:Çrisin) is acommune in theSommedepartment inHauts-de-France in northernFrance.
Cerisy is a small village in the district known as theSanterre, to the east ofAmiens and 12 km fromAlbert.
Cerisy is located along the valley of the Somme. A small part of the village is built on the hillside. The houses were originally grouped around the church and the town hall but recent constructions of individual houses spread out along the main axes of the town.
The soil of the commune is predominantly clay-siliceous. To the south, there are some very calcareous soils covered with a thin layer of topsoil. Towards Bayonvillers and Lamotte-Warfusée are flint beds. To the north and north-east, the soil is marshy and peaty to the Somme. The plateaux to the south are separated by dry valleys, the most important being the valley of Boisreau.
Economic activities are mainly related to agriculture. On the municipal territory are located an industrial company and a carpentry. There is no more trade in the commune except the passage of street traders such as a bakery and butchery.
The services are represented by a nursing office and the communal school with canteen.
The commune suffers from a relative enclavement, it is connected to the other villages only by secondary roads. A cycle path is being built along the Somme canal and a path for fishermen.[3]
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Cerisy-Gailly became Cerisy is acommune whose origin is very ancient.[6] The village existed before the founding of theabbey of Corbie in the 7th century. It was one of the first donations made to theabbey which had installed apriory and aprovost to control the exploitation of the land.
Theseignior of Cerisy was from thecastle ofBray-sur-Somme. A communalcharter was granted to Cerisy in 1159 and theparish was created in 1220.In the 15th century, Cerisy was ravaged by theBurgundians as a stone engraved in the portal of the church indicates.
On 4 August 1636 theSpaniards crossed the Somme at Cerisy, unable to do so at Bray.In 1693, a school was founded in Cerisy.At theRevolution, thepriory was suppressed and from 1870–1871 the population had to undergo the requisitions of thePrussian army.From1914 to 1918, the village saw a large number of troops gathering on the way to the marching up down thefront line.
On 1 January 1966 the town then known as Gailly became ahamlet ofSailly-Laurette of which it is separated only by theSomme and Gailly took the name of Cerisy.
By a prefectoral order of 27 December 2016, the commune was detached on 1 January 2017 from the arrondissement of Péronne to integrate the arrondissement of Amiens.[7]
Themayor is Claudie Duthoit, re-elected in 2020.[1]
Saint Georges’ church dates from the thirteenth century.
The L'église Saint-Georges de Cerisy church is at the center of the village de Cerisy.Thebuilding of the church dates from the 13th century for the bell tower and the nave and from the 16th century for the rest of the building. The church was partially destroyed during theFirst World War and restored during theinterwar period. It is protected under historical monuments classification by order of 5 August 1919.[8]
The church built in stone isGothic style. The two lateral portals areRenaissance style, the northportal dates from 1576, the south portal from 1566, it is decorated with asculpture representing the Descent from the Cross withJoseph of Arimathea supportingJesus in the middle of theVirgin and the WomenSaints. Thebell tower has a portal remade in the 18th century,[9] and acarillon that regularly sounds religious tunes such as theAve Maria or popular tunes.
After the Great War, there was found in the ruins of the church, the ruins of abaptismal vessel made of sculpted stone of the 13th century which was restored. The baptismal font consists of a basin carved in a capital that rests on a short column.
