Fluy

Fluy
Fluy
Commune
	The town hall in Fluy
	Location of Fluy
	Fluy Fluy
	Coordinates: 49°51′32″N 2°05′53″E / 49.8589°N 2.0981°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Ailly-sur-Somme
Intercommunality	CC Somme Sud-Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Catherine Lamory
Area 1	6.38 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population (2006)	310
• Density	49/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80319 /80540
Elevation	68–131 m (223–430 ft) ; (avg. 127 m or 417 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

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

Geography

Fluy is situated on a plateau, at the junction of the D182 and D95 roads, some 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Amiens.

The name is recorded in 1066 under the name Floy, in 1638 as Flenuy and in 1657 as the variant Fleuny .^[1]

Historical population of Fluy
Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	251	252	256	304	355	332	310
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

In 1698, the population was 500 ^[2]

The church of Saint Marie-Madeleine

^ Abbé Charlier et L. Ledieu - « Dictionnaire historique et archéologique de la Picardie », Tome II, Canton de Molliens-Vidame, page 337 (1912, reprint Editions Culture et Civilisation, Bruxelles, 1979)
^ Abbé Charlier et L. Ledieu - « Dictionnaire historique et archéologique de la Picardie », Tome II, Canton de Molliens-Vidame, page 339 (1912, reprint Editions Culture et Civilisation, Bruxelles, 1979)

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