Thoix

Thoix

Thoix

Commune in Hauts-de-France, France


Thoix (French pronunciation: [twa]; Picard: Toé) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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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

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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.
Saint-Étienne's church

See also


References

  1. "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.



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