Tilloy-lès-Conty (French pronunciation: [tilwa lɛ kɔ̃ti], literally Tilloy near Conty) is a former commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Ô-de-Selle.[2]
Tilloy-lès-Conty | |
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Part of Ô-de-Selle | |
 Chateau of Tilloy-lès-Conty | |
Location of Tilloy-lès-Conty  | |
  Tilloy-lès-Conty  Tilloy-lès-Conty | |
| Coordinates: 49°45′18″N 2°10′39″E / 49.755°N 2.1775°E | |
| Country | France |
| Region | Hauts-de-France |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Amiens |
| Canton | Ailly-sur-Noye |
| Commune | Ô-de-Selle |
| Area 1 | 6.34 km2 (2.45 sq mi) |
| Population (2019)[1] | 244 |
| • Density | 38/km2 (100/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 80160 |
| Elevation | 48–135 m (157–443 ft) (avg. 105 m or 344 ft) |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
Geography edit
The commune is situated 10 miles (16 km) south southwest of Amiens, on the D8e road
Population edit
| Year | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
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| Population | 214 | 217 | 176 | 196 | 220 | 228 | 250 |
| From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once. | |||||||
Places of interest edit
- The seventeenth century church of Notre-Dame
Château de Tilloy-lès-Conty edit
This is the ancient fief of the seigneurs of the Croy family, restored as a country house at the end of the 17th century.[3] It consists of a garden and a 9-hectare park, with a little English garden filled with 165 varieties of roses.
The gardens of the Pic-Vert edit
A 6000-square-metre garden built by Michel Driencourt around a large 19th-century Picardie farm, in four sections:
- A shady garden with old Japanese cherry trees
- An inner courtyard
- An old orchard and vegetable garden
- A conservatory of ancient varieties
2500 varieties of shrubs and perennials are on show with collections of delphinium, iris, poppies, magnolia, hydrangea and Japanese maples.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019, INSEE
- ^ Arrêté préfectoral 7 December 2018 (in French)
- ^ Le château (façades et toitures), le hall d' entrée, ses deux paliers et escaliers, ainsi que son parc sont classés en totalité (cad. AD 10, 50 à 52, 72) : inscription par arrêté du 19 juillet 2004.
