Hérissart

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Coordinates: 50°01′41″N 2°25′02″E / 50.0280555556, 2.41722222222

Commune of Hérissart
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Canton d'Acheux-en-Amiénois
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot
Mayor	M. Gérard Housse (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	79 m–151 m (avg. 185 m)
Land area¹	7.39 km²
Population² (1999)	494
- Density	66/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80431/ 80260
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population sans doubles comptes: residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) only counted once.

Hérissart is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardie region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Population 4 See also 5 External links 6 Notes

[edit] Geography

Situated at the junction of the D60 and D114 road, some 14 miles northeast of Amiens.

[edit] History

Known variously as Henresart, Henrissart or Herrissart, the name Hérissart suggests deforested wasteland, especially covered in brambles or gorse.
First mentioned in a charter of donations by Clotaire to the abbey of Corbie in 662, as a village created by clearing (:fr: "essarter" ) some of the forest of Vicogne. Sandstone, (:fr:grès) was once quarried here and used in Amiens cathedral. Today, nothing remains of the industry.
In 1774, Guy Antoine Picquet, the last ‘seigneur’ of Hérissart, donated a new bell for the church. Cast in the famous Cavillers foundry at nearby Carrépuis, this bell is still used today, two others having been seized during the French Revolution.

Many of the inhabitants were involved, to some degree, in the production of linen, from the growing of [flax]] through preparation and weaving. In 1842, a great fire destroyed many cottages and farms, reducing much of the output, which never fully recovered.

The new cemetery was created in 1866, when the church graveyard was full. The schools and the mairie were built in 1869.

During the Franco-Prussian war, the village was taken by the Germans of the 8th Prussian Rhenane Corps, about 300 mane and horses, on the 21st March 1871. They stayed till the 26th April 1871.
The village lost almost a third of its young men during World War I. Many British troops were billeted here during the fighting.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
412	412	463	512	510	494
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

• Hérissart on the Insee website (French)
• Hérissart on the Quid website (French)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on February 25, 2008.