Marieux

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Coordinates: 50°06′23″N 2°26′37″E / 50.1063888889, 2.44361111111

Commune of Marieux
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	Mme Paulette Lefel (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	75 m–133 m (avg. 102 m)
Land area¹	4,07 km²
Population² (1999)	82
- Density	20/km²
Miscellaneous
INSEE/Postal code	80514/ 80560
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.

Marieux 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 on the D1 road, some 20 miles north of Amiens.

[edit] History

The château was built in 1777 and is still owned and occupied by the same family today. Marieux is on the once strategically important and well-protected Roman road leading from Amiens to the English Channel and Britain.

During the First World War, it was British army headquarters for this part of the western front. On 25 October 1915, George V lunched here at the château with French Président Poincaré and the Chiefs-of-Staff of the French and British armies.

[edit] Population

Population Growth

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999
110	115	117	113	92	82
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] See also

Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

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

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on March 4th 2008.