Croix-Moligneaux (French pronunciation: [kʁwa mɔliɲo]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.[3]
Croix-Moligneaux | |
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Commune | |
The church in Croix-Moligneaux | |
Location of Croix-Moligneaux ![]() | |
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Coordinates: 49°48′57″N 3°00′15″E | |
Country | France |
Region | Hauts-de-France |
Department | Somme |
Arrondissement | Péronne |
Canton | Ham |
Intercommunality | CC Est de la Somme |
Government | |
• Mayor (2020–2026) | Hervé Frizon[1] |
Area 1 | 7.88 km2 (3.04 sq mi) |
Population | 272 |
• Density | 35/km2 (89/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
INSEE/Postal code | 80226 /80400 |
Elevation | 59–88 m (194–289 ft) (avg. 75 m or 246 ft) |
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. |
The commune is situated on the D937 road, 1.6 km from the banks of the river Somme, 17 kilometres (11 mi) west of Saint-Quentin.
The Seine-Nord canal will be dug near Croix-Moligneaux.[4] As part of the preparatory works more than one hundred archaeological sites were identified by some fifty archaeologists around Croix-Moligneaux. The finds range from the Middle Paleolithic to the Middle Ages. These include a Roman road and numerous villas as well as a funerary monument from the Bronze Age.
The village name derives from a gallows erected here in Gallo-Roman times. The gallows was called by the Latin term of cruces which then translates into "cruci" (cross).
The village already has the status of parish on a document from the tenth century. This is confirmed in 1015 when Hardouin de Croÿ donated the land and the altar (altaria de crucibus) to the canons of Noyon.
The interior offers very beautiful stained-glass windows.
Year | Pop. | ±% p.a. |
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1968 | 324 | — |
1975 | 344 | +0.86% |
1982 | 289 | −2.46% |
1990 | 299 | +0.43% |
1999 | 308 | +0.33% |
2007 | 307 | −0.04% |
2012 | 315 | +0.52% |
2017 | 278 | −2.47% |
Source: INSEE[8] |
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