Thoix

French commune|name=Thoix


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arrondissement=Amiens
canton=Conty
insee=80757
cp=80160
maire=Daniel Doré
mandat=2008-2014
intercomm=Communauté de communes du canton de Conty
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Thoix is a commune in the Somme "département" in the Picardie region of France.

Geography

Situated some 15 miles 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

History

The village has been know 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 15th century château.
* Saint-Etienne’s 15th century church
* A 15th 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 the 5th June 1940.

See also

Communes of the Somme department

External links

* [http://www.cccconty.com/tourisme/thoix/chateau-thoix.htm Page about the Château de Thoix] fr
* [http://www.recensement.insee.fr/RP99/rp99/co_navigation.co_page?nivgeo=C&codgeo=80757&theme=ALL&typeprod=ALL&lang=FR&quelcas=LISTE Thoix on the Insee website] fr
* [http://www.quid.fr/communes.html?mode=detail&id=32080&req=Thoix Thoix on the Quid website] fr

Notes

*"This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 4th 2008."