Flixecourt
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Location within Hauts-de-France region
Flixecourt
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| Coordinates: 50°00′49″N 2°04′55″E / 50.0136°N 2.0819°ECoordinates: 50°00′49″N 2°04′55″E / 50.0136°N 2.0819°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Amiens |
| Canton | Flixecourt |
| Intercommunality | Val de Nièvre et environs |
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| • Mayor (1989–present) | René Lognon |
| Area1 | 11.84 km2 (4.57 sq mi) |
| Population (2009)2 | 3,222 |
| • Density | 270/km2 (700/sq mi) |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80318 /80420 |
| Elevation | 6–105 m (20–344 ft) (avg. 82 m or 269 ft) |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. 2Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once. |
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1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
Flixecourt is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Flixecourt is situated on the N1 road and the banks of the river Nièvre, a tributary of the river Somme, some 20 miles (32 km) south of Abbeville. A junction with the A16 autoroute is about a mile away.
In the 12th century, Flixecourt was a fief of Amiens and the site of a leper hospice.
The fiefdom passed to the Louvencourt family, then in 1276 to the Fieffes family, who built a priory, entrusting the management of it to the vidame of Picquigny,
The town that was established here comprised 140 homes at the start of the Hundred Years War, but only 40 in 1548.
In 1545, Charles d'Ailly obtained permission from the King to create a weekly market. This privilege continued for his son, Louis d'Ailly, in 1567.
In 1603, a huge fire burnt down half the town.
Near the site of the present-day church are vestiges of a château, mentioned in a notarial document in 1618, in which Philibert-Emmanuel d’Ailly, granted the structure to a certain Louis de la Massonière, provided he financed the repairs.
Towards the end of the French revolution, the château belonged to the Croquoison family.
The present church was built in 1721. The town’s commerce at this time was based on the production of peat and of linen
In 1815, there were two watermills and two windmills.
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