Marieux

Marieux
Commune
Marieux
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Marieux
Coordinates: 50°06′23″N 2°26′37″E / 50.1064°N 2.4436°E / 50.1064; 2.4436Coordinates: 50°06′23″N 2°26′37″E / 50.1064°N 2.4436°E / 50.1064; 2.4436
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Albert
Intercommunality	Pays du Coquelicot
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Paulette Lefel
Area1	4.07 km2 (1.57 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	105
• Density	26/km2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	80514 /80560
Elevation	75–133 m (246–436 ft) (avg. 102 m or 335 ft)
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.

¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Marieux is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Marieux is situated on the D11 road, some 20 miles (32 km) north of Amiens.

The château was built in 1777 and is still owned and occupied by the same family today. Marieux is on the once strategically important and well-protected Roman road leading from Amiens to the English Channel and Britain.

During the First World War, it was British army headquarters for this part of the western front. On 25 October 1915, George V lunched here at the château with French Président Poincaré and the Chiefs-of-Staff of the French and British armies.