Fresnes-Tilloloy

Not to be confused with Tilloloy

Fresnes-Tilloloy
Town hall
Fresnes-Tilloloy
Location within Hauts-de-France region  Fresnes-Tilloloy
Coordinates: 49°59′05″N 1°46′05″E / 49.9847°N 1.7681°E / 49.9847; 1.7681Coordinates: 49°59′05″N 1°46′05″E / 49.9847°N 1.7681°E / 49.9847; 1.7681
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Abbeville
Canton	Oisemont
Intercommunality	Canton of Oisemont
Government
• Mayor (2001–2008)	Gérard Houbart
Area1	3.52 km2 (1.36 sq mi)
Population (2006)2	139
• Density	39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
INSEE/Postal code	80354 / 80140
Elevation	89–116 m (292–381 ft) (avg. 115 m or 377 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.

Fresnes-Tilloloy (or Fresne-Tilloloy^[1]) is a commune in the Somme département in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

The commune is situated 10 miles (16 km) southwest of Abbeville on the D25 road

Population

History

The name is derived from the French for the Linden (Limetree)(fr: tilleul) and the Ash(fr: frêne).^[2] and reference to the village (as Fresnum) is mentioned in 1207. Tilloloy was also noted in 1373 as Thillolay^[3]
Thilloloy and Fresnes were joined as one commune sometime between 1790 and 1794 as the commune of Fresnes-Thilloloy.

Traces of Gallo-Roman settlement have been found in the area, and the Roman road (the "chaussée de Brunehaut" is nearby^[4]

In 1346, Edward III, spent some time here^[5]

The commune was occupied from 17 February to 9 March 1871 by the Germans during the Franco-Prussian War.

Places of interest

• The Mairie^[6] which also houses the school.
• The medieval church, part demolished and rebuilt in 1860, is dedicated to Saint-Ouen.

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  Autel de l'Eglise vu de l'entrée
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  Entrée de l'Eglise vu de l'Autel
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  Autel de l'Eglise
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  Autel dédié à la Sainte-Vierge
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  Confessionnal de l'Eglise
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  Reste de la Chaire
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• The cemetery

• The war memorial

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fresnes-Tilloloy.

• Fresne-Tilloloy on the Quid website (French)
• "joan-of-arc-studies" (English)
• Historique des Régiments de 1914-18 (French)