Vismes
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Commune of Vismes |
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| Administration | ||
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| Country | France | |
| Region |  Picardie |
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| Department |  Somme |
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| Arrondissement | .svg/20px-Blason_ville_fr_Abbeville_(Somme).svg.png){kind=small} Abbeville |
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| Canton | Gamaches | |
| Intercommunality | Communauté de communes de Blangy-sur-Bresle | |
| Mayor | Nicolas Plé (2001-2008) |
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| Statistics | ||
| Elevation | 71 m–124 m (avg. 79 m) |
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| Land area¹ | 13,26 km² | |
| Population² (2004) |
323 | |
| - Density | 23/km² | |
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| INSEE/Postal code | 80809/ 80140 | |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | ||
| 2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once. | ||
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Vismes is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.
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[edit] Geography
Situated some 10 miles(16km) southwest of Abbeville, on the D190 road
[edit] History
The chateau of Vismes was built by the seigneurs of Vismes, as documented by Théobald in 1066 (the name of Vismes could then be written with or without the "s"). The Marquis de Belleval added: "the ruins still stood in the last century". The castle was destroyed by John of Gaunt, 1st Duke of Lancaster in 1372. The Seigneurie of Vismes passed to the house of Cayeu in the 14th century and then to that of Monchy in the following century, until 1785 when André de Monchy died.
Between 1790 and 1794 Vismes absorbed the hamlets of Morival,Le Plouy and Wiammeville.
[edit] Population
| 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2004 |
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| 412 | 395 | 367 | 326 | 314 | 305 | 323 |
| Census count starting from 1962 Population without double counting | ||||||
[edit] See also
Communes of the Somme department
[edit] External links
- Vismes on the Insee website (French)
- Vismes on the Quid website (French)
[edit] Notes
- This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 7th 2008.
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