Falvy

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France

(2020–2026) Frédéric Lecomte^[1]Area6.32 km² (2.44 sq mi)Population160 • Density25/km² (66/sq mi)Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)INSEE/Postal codeElevation51–91 m (167–299 ft)
(avg. 60 m or 200 ft)¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Falvy (French pronunciation: [falvi]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Falvy is situated on the D103 road, on the banks of the river Somme, some 19 miles (31 km) west of Saint-Quentin.

History

Falvy originated as a Gaulish village. Known by different names over the centuries :Fala, Falvicum in 1135, Phalevi in 1146, then Fallevy or Falevi sur Somme and finally Falvy Principle events :

• In the 12th century, Raoul I de Nesle, seigneur of both Nesle and Falvy, gave the windmill of Falvy-sur-Somme to the church at Saint-Quentin.
• 1629 and Louis XIII dismantles the château, a medieval fortress
• On 22 November 1916, fighter-ace-pilot Georges Guynemer claimed his 23rd victim at Falvy.
• On 9 August 1918, the bridge at Falvy was attacked by Lieutenant James Alfred Keating, an American volunteer in the RFC. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross.

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	118	—
1975	108	−1.26%
1982	116	+1.03%
1990	106	−1.12%
1999	100	−0.65%
2007	128	+3.13%
2012	134	+0.92%
2017	150	+2.28%
Source: INSEE[3]

Places of interest

• The church of Saint Benoite has dimensions that are relative to a time when the population was larger. Its origin was as a chapel to the chateau. It was victim of revolutionary vandalism in 1792, losing much of its embellishment and harmony by such destruction.
• The lake

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References