Sauvillers-Mongival

French commune|name= Sauvillers-Mongival


x = 141
y = 42
region=
departement=
arrondissement=Montdidier
canton=Ailly-sur-Noye
insee=80729
cp=80110
maire=Mme Christiane Depentis
mandat=2001-2008
intercomm=Communauté de communes du Val de Noye
alt moy=110 m
alt mini=49 m
alt maxi=111 m
hectares=518
km²=5,18
sans=202
date-sans=2007
dens=34|

Sauvillers-Mongival is a commune in the Somme "département" in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Situated some 16 miles southeast of Amiens, on the D83 road.
A rural town mostly given over to agricultural activity, mainly timber, cereals and sugar beet, organised by a farming cooperative. In 1938, there were eleven farms.

Population

History

Mongival was formerly a hamlet, the name coming from the place ruined by the Spaniards during the siege of Corbie in 1636. In 1178, the city was known as Serpentwiler.
Sauvillers-Mongival was first mentioned in the 12th century. The seigneurie was bought in 1393 by the lords of Raineval.
During the First World War, the town was completely flattened, except for three houses. St. Martin’s church, rebuilt after 1918, dates back to the 19th century.
In July 1918, the town was liberated by French troops of the 87th infantry regiment. In 1959, a commemorative plate was fixed to one of the walls of the church tower to recall the sacrifice of these soldiers. A war memorial lists the members of the commune that died during World War I.
In the village cemetery are the graves of five British airmen that were shot down nearby in their Lancaster bomber in 1943.

ee also

Communes of the Somme department

External links

* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80729&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Sauvillers-Mongival on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=query&req=Sauvillers-Mongival Sauvillers-Mongival on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 3rd 2008."