- Source: Poix-de-Picardie
Poix-de-Picardie (French pronunciation: [pwa də pikaʁdi], literally Poix of Picardy; Picard: Poé-d’Picardie) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
The commune is situated at the junction of the N1 and N29 roads, some 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Amiens, at the bottom of a rather steep-sided valley, confined by Normandy to the south and Picardy to the north. The commune has rail access at the Poix-de-Picardie station, on the Rouen to Amiens line.
Population
Places of interest
The sixteenth century church of Saint-Denis’ priory. In flamboyant Gothic style, the base of the tower dates from the twelfth century. Before becoming the parish church, it was the chapel of the château.
Military cemetery. Containing the graves of 149 Second World War Commonwealth aircrew.
Tyrrel family
The Tyrrel, or Tirel, family were Lords of Poix from the twelfth to the fifteenth century. The most famous member of this family was Walter Tirel, who killed King William Rufus of England, son of William the Conqueror; whether it was an accident or an assassination has never been established. Walter's grandson Hugh Tyrrel, baron of Castleknock, played a prominent role in the Norman Conquest of Ireland and in the Third Crusade.
See also
Communes of the Somme department
References
External links
CWGC - Commonwealth War Graves Commission pages (in English)
Tourist Office of Poix Archived 2011-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (in French)
Fiche Station Verte de Poix-de-Picardie (in French)
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Komune di departemen Somme
- Folleville, Somme
- Daftar stasiun SNCF di Picardie
- Croix-Moligneaux
- Y, Somme
- L'Échelle-Saint-Aurin
- Port-le-Grand
- Bouvaincourt-sur-Bresle
- Tincourt-Boucly
- Grébault-Mesnil
- Poix-de-Picardie
- Poix-de-Picardie station
- Duke of Poix
- Canton of Poix-de-Picardie
- Montauban-de-Picardie
- Poix
- Cantons of the Somme department
- Hugh Tyrrel
- Jean V Sire de Poix
- Communauté de communes du Sud-Ouest Amiénois
