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Thoix

Coordinates: 49°45′22″N 2°04′12″E / 49.756°N 2.07°E / 49.756; 2.07
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Thoix
Chateau of Thoix
Chateau of Thoix
Location of Thoix
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Thoix is located in France
Thoix
Thoix
Thoix is located in Hauts-de-France
Thoix
Thoix
Coordinates: 49°45′22″N 2°04′12″E / 49.756°N 2.07°E / 49.756; 2.07
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentSomme
ArrondissementAmiens
CantonAilly-sur-Noye
IntercommunalityCC Somme Sud-Ouest
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Frederic Marseille[1]
Area
1
11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[2]
144
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
80757 /80160
Elevation82–188 m (269–617 ft)
(avg. 40.00 m or 131.23 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thoix (French pronunciation: [twa]; Picard: Toé) is a commune in the Somme department in the Hauts-de-France of northern France.

Geography

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Thoix is situated 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Amiens, on the D100 road. The Parquets river, a small tributary of the river Évoissons, which flows into the Selle, has its source in Thoix and also feeds the castle moat

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968 105—    
1975 114+1.18%
1982 130+1.89%
1990 135+0.47%
1999 144+0.72%
2007 135−0.80%
2012 139+0.59%
2017 144+0.71%
Source: INSEE[3]

History

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The village has been known by many names over the centuries: Teoletum, Teoleium, Tois in 1140, Thois in 1212 and Thoys by 1301. The inhabitants are known as Téoduliens.

Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet (1488–1525), a favourite of king Francis I, was seigneur of Thoix.

Places of interest

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  • The fifteenth-century château.
  • Saint-Etienne's fifteenth-century church
  • A fifteenth-century stone cross in the square
  • A dovecote in the courtyard of the farm opposite the château
  • A memorial to an aerial combat between a French aeroplane and 8 German fighter planes on 5 June 1940.
Saint-Étienne's church

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
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