Vaux-Marquenneville (; pcd, Veux-Martchéneville) is a

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in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern

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Geography

The commune is situated south of

Abbeville Abbeville (, vls, Abbekerke, pcd, Advile) is a commune in the Somme department and in Hauts-de-France region in northern France. It is the chef-lieu of one of the arrondissements of Somme. Located on the river Somme, it was the capital of ...

, on the D93 road. The name Vaux derives from "vale" or "valley" and Marquenneville comes from the domain of someone called Marca. The inhabitants are known as ''Vallois'' in French.

Population

History

Known by many variants of the current name throughout the centuries: 1166: Vaux, 1557 Vaulx, 1757 Vaux 1284 Marquienvilla, 1301 Marchaigneville, 1312 Markaigneville, 1340 Markainneville, 1388 Marquenneville The Knights Templar were established nearby at Oisemont and had a farm at VauxSource: " la Somme, les 783 communes", septembre 2004, aux éditions Delattre, Grandvilliers (60) The first known seigneurs were the Riencourt family
In 1790 the commune came under the management of the department of the Somme and in 1793 the town of Vaux (after 1801: Vaux-Marquenneville) was integrated into the arrondissement of

and the canton of Saint-Maxent, and after 1801 the canton of Hallencourt. The town was occupied, as were many French towns and villages, by the German army during

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. In 1943 work began to build a V1 missile launch ramp at "Le Mont" in Marquenneville. A German army deserter hid in a

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under a pile of wheat and after fruitless search by the

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, the soldier, with the help of the

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escaped from France to

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and return to his own home. In June 1944. the V1 ramps were destroyed by

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. The bombardment lasted one and a half hours (from 15h45 to 17h15).
The village was liberated by a Canadian tank regiment in 1944.
Vaux-Marquenneville received the Croix de Guerre with Bronze Star from the Secretary of State for War who said: "This courageous village, badly damaged during the

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, was delivered by faith and hard work".

Places of interest

* The sixteenth century church. The Riencourt family tomb is inside * The war memorial is on the left of the entrance to the church graveyard. Image:Coté gauche de l'Eglise de Vaux-marquenneville (Somme(80)-France).JPG, Church of Vaux-Marquenneville Image:Monument aux morts de Vaux-Marquenneville (Face) (Somme(80)-France).JPG, The war memorial Image:Calvaire de Vaux-Marquenneville (Somme(80)-France)..JPG, A cross * The manor with a 17th-century

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. * Another dovecote of the same period can be found at another farm in the village. * The school and mairieSource: Section Patrimoine C.I.S. N°11 Pg:garde, 19, 29, 32, 52, 56
/ref> * 1834: The presbytery serves as a school and communal housing. The annual salary of the

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was 200

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. * 1838-1855: Renovation of the school. * 1861: Separation of boys and girls by a partition. * 1873: Collapse of the west side and part of the roof. * 1876: Introduction of the municipal library in the school. * 1883: Establishment of the Fund Schools. * 1889-1890: Construction of the new mixed school (now the mairie). * Since the 1960s, the school has been closed but the building is still used as the mairie.

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