Boves () is a
commune
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Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Somme department in
Hauts-de-France in northern
France
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.
Geography
Boves is situated on the D935 and D116 road junction, on the banks of the
river Avre, some southeast of
Amiens
Amiens (English: or ; ; pcd, Anmien, or ) is a city and commune in northern France, located north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in the region of Hauts-de-France. In 2021, the population of ...
.
Boves station has rail connections to Amiens, Compiègne and Creil.
Population
History
* c640 : The birthplace of Saint
Godeberta
* c1166 : The birthplace of medieval author Jean de Boves.
* July 1185 :
Philippe-Auguste
Philip II (21 August 1165 – 14 July 1223), byname Philip Augustus (french: Philippe Auguste), was King of France from 1180 to 1223. His predecessors had been known as kings of the Franks, but from 1190 onward, Philip became the first French m ...
signed the treaty acquiring part of
Picardy.
Traité de Boves
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* August 1835 : Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romantic writer and politician. During a literary career that spanned more than sixty years, he wrote in a variety of genres and forms. He is considered to be one of the great ...
visited the ruins of the château.
Places of interest
* Ruins of the fortified 12th-century château
* ''Notre-Dame de la Nativité'' church
* ''Saint-Ladre'' marshland nature reserve
See also
* Communes of the Somme department
References
Image:boves24.JPG, The sign at the entrance to the village
Image:BOVES29.JPG, Lake Saint-Ladre
Image:Boves église (vue de face) 1.jpg, The church, built at the foot of the chalk cliffs.
Image:Boves rue principale (vue depuis église).jpg, Rue ''Victor Hugo'', the main street
Communes of Somme (department)
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