La Faloise | |
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_1.jpg) The church in La Faloise | |
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  La Faloise  La Faloise | |
| Coordinates:49°42′00″N2°20′30″E / 49.7°N 2.3417°E /49.7; 2.3417 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Montdidier |
| Canton | Ailly-sur-Noye |
| Intercommunality | CC Avre Luce Noye |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2022–2026) | Cédric Boquet[1] |
Area 1 | 9.75 km2 (3.76 sq mi) |
| Population (2022)[2] | 215 |
| • Density | 22.1/km2 (57.1/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80299 /80250 |
| Elevation | 57–158 m (187–518 ft) (avg. 84 m or 276 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
La Faloise (French pronunciation:[lafalwaz];Picard:Faloèse ) is acommune in theSommedepartment inHauts-de-France in northernFrance.
La Faloise is situated on the D193 road, on the banks of the riverNoye, some 15 miles (24 km) south ofAmiens.La Faloise station has rail connections to Amiens and Creil.
La Faloise grew around a 13th-century château, which was ransacked in 1358, and then rebuilt early in the 15th century by theBurgundians. It was attacked by the English and taken in 1442.The chateau returned to the Burgundians underCharles le Téméraire, on return from his defeat atBeauvais. When he died in 1477, the towns of theSomme reverted to the French crown. La Faloise was then in the hands of the Montmorency family,seigneurs ofBreteuil.
In the middle of the 15th century,Louis I de Bourbon married Eléonore of Roye and became seigneur of La Faloise. By the end of the century, the village had experienced much upheaval, being taken by the Ligueurs, Royalist, and then theSpanish. To complete the misfortune, the population was decimated by theplague in 1668.
TheFrench Revolution saw La Faloise rebuilt and industrialised. It became famous for the fabrication ofnails. This prosperity lasted until about 1850.The village was occupied by the Germans during the conflicts of theFranco-Prussian War of 1870, theFirst World War and theSecond World War.The church burnt down in 1940; it was rebuilt after the Second World War.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 248 | — |
| 1975 | 207 | −2.55% |
| 1982 | 184 | −1.67% |
| 1990 | 210 | +1.67% |
| 1999 | 210 | +0.00% |
| 2007 | 239 | +1.63% |
| 2012 | 213 | −2.28% |
| 2017 | 231 | +1.64% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
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