Coisy

Coisy
Coisy

Coordinates: 49°57′38″N 2°19′42″E / 49.9606°N 2.3283°E / 49.9606; 2.3283Coordinates: 49°57′38″N 2°19′42″E / 49.9606°N 2.3283°E / 49.9606; 2.3283
Country France
Region Hauts-de-France
Department Somme
Arrondissement Amiens
Canton Villers-Bocage
Intercommunality Le Bocage et l'Hallue
Government
  Mayor (20012008) Claude Deflesselle
Area1 6.08 km2 (2.35 sq mi)
Population (2006)2 283
  Density 47/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
  Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code 80202 / 80260
Elevation 71–129 m (233–423 ft)
(avg. 110 m or 360 ft)

1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coisy is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Coisy is situated on the D11a between the D11 and the N25, some 5 miles (8 km) north of Amiens.

History

Coisy is first mentioned in the 12th century, when it was under the jurisdiction of the seigneurs of Beauquesne.

A Benedictine priory was established at the hamlet of Flesserolles in 1156, under Anchin Abbey.

By the end of the 14th century, Coisy was governed by the Bureau de la Rivière.

Protestant assemblies were set up in 1570.

Marshall Biron and his troops stopped here in 1597, during the French Wars of Religion.

Population

Historical population of Coisy
Year1962196819751982199019992006
Population183196175184226246283
From the year 1962 on: No double countingresidents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

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