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Thoix (French pronunciation: [twa]; Picard: Toé) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Thoix | |
|---|---|
Commune | |
 Chateau of Thoix | |
Location of Thoix  | |
  Thoix  Thoix | |
| Coordinates: 49°45′22″N 2°04′12″E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Amiens |
| Canton | Ailly-sur-Noye |
| Intercommunality | CC Somme Sud-Ouest |
| Government | |
| • Mayor (2020–2026) | Frederic Marseille[1] |
| Area 1 | 11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi) |
| Population | 146 |
| • Density | 13/km2 (34/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80757 /80160 |
| Elevation | 82–188 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. | |
Geography
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
| Year | Pop. | ±% 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
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
- 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.
See also
References
- "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
- "Populations légales 2019". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 29 December 2021.
- Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Thoix.
- Page about the Château de Thoix (in French)
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[de] Thoix
Thoix (picardisch: Toé) ist eine nordfranzösische Gemeinde mit 146 Einwohnern (Stand 1. Januar 2019) im Département Somme in der Region Hauts-de-France. Die Gemeinde liegt im Arrondissement Amiens und gehört zum Kanton Ailly-sur-Noye.- [en] Thoix
[es] Thoix
Thoix es una población y comuna francesa, en la región de Picardía, departamento de Somme, en el distrito de Amiens y cantón de Conty.Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.
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