Thoix

Thoix
Thoix
Commune
	Chateau of Thoix
	Location of Thoix
	Thoix Thoix
	Coordinates: 49°45′22″N 2°04′12″E / 49.756°N 2.07°E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Ailly-sur-Noye
Intercommunality	CC Somme Sud-Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frederic Marseille
Area 1	11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population (2021)	144
• Density	13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80757 /80160
Elevation	82–188 m (269–617 ft) ; (avg. 40.00 m or 131.23 ft)
	1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thoix (French pronunciation: [twa]; Picard: Toé) is a commune in the Somme department in the Hauts-de-France of northern France.

Geography

Thoix is situated 15 miles (24 km) 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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	105	—
1975	114	+1.18%
1982	130	+1.89%
1990	135	+0.47%
1999	144	+0.72%
2007	135	−0.80%
2012	139	+0.59%
2017	144	+0.71%
Source: INSEE^[3]

History

The village has been known 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 fifteenth-century château.
Saint-Etienne's fifteenth-century church
A fifteenth-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 5 June 1940.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.
^ "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

External links

Page about the Château de Thoix (in French)

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[1] "Répertoire national des élus: les maires". data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises (in French). 2 December 2020.

[popleg2021-2] "Populations légales 2021" (in French). The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.

[pophist-3] Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE

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