Warlus | |
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 The church in Warlus | |
 Location of Warlus | |
  Warlus  Warlus | |
| Coordinates:49°55′29″N1°56′43″E / 49.9247°N 1.9453°E /49.9247; 1.9453 | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Amiens |
| Canton | Ailly-sur-Somme |
| Intercommunality | Somme Sud-Ouest |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2020–2026) | Bruno Mariage[1] |
Area 1 | 8.12 km2 (3.14 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[2] | 230 |
| • Density | 28/km2 (73/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80821 /80270 |
| Elevation | 37–130 m (121–427 ft) (avg. 48 m or 157 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Warlus is acommune in theSommedepartment inHauts-de-France in northern France. Warlus is situated 16 miles(26 km) west ofAmiens, on the D18 road. One place of interest in Walrus is the sixteenth-century church of Saint-Apre.
| Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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| 1968 | 238 | — |
| 1975 | 218 | −1.25% |
| 1982 | 249 | +1.92% |
| 1990 | 219 | −1.59% |
| 1999 | 225 | +0.30% |
| 2007 | 226 | +0.06% |
| 2012 | 227 | +0.09% |
| 2017 | 222 | −0.44% |
| Source: INSEE[3] | ||
The name of Warlus may have its origins in the name of an early bishop. Other sources say it comes from the Anglo-Saxonwar(store or watch) andlux (light). In the 12th century, there was once a high tower which may have been used as abeacon during wartime.
There is nothing to suggest that Warlus is very old. It doesn't appear to have had a castle and seems to have grown around a former convent, of which few vestiges remain (a few walls and some underground passages). The priors came from the Abbey ofSelaincourt.
In the 12th century, the population grouped around the monastery and build a church. In the 16th & 17th centuries theseigneurs came from theCrequy family ofPoix-de-Picardie.
During theHundred Years War, the English went through the territory (there's an 'English path' in Warlus woods) fromPoix-de-Picardie toAiraines.
Thetithes belonged to theabbey of Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre of Selaincourt and Berteaucourt, and theCelestine convent.
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