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Cerisy (; pcd, Çrisin) is a commune in the Somme department in
Hauts-de-France Hauts-de-France (; pcd, Heuts-d'Franche; , also ''Upper France'') is the northernmost region of France, created by the territorial reform of French regions in 2014, from a merger of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Picardy. Its prefecture is Lille. The ...
in northern
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.


Geography

Cerisy is a small village in the district known as the Santerre, to the east 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 ...
and 12 km from
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. Cerisy is located along the valley of the Somme. A small part of the village is built on the hillside. The houses were originally grouped around the church and the town hall but recent constructions of individual houses spread out along the main axes of the town


Economy

The soil of the commune is predominantly clay-siliceous. To the south, there are some very calcareous soils covered with a thin layer of topsoil. Towards Bayonvillers and Lamotte-Warfusée are flint beds. To the north and north-east, the soil is marshy and peaty to the Somme. The plateaux to the south are separated by dry valleys, the most important being the valley of Boisreau. Economic activities are mainly related to agriculture. On the municipal territory are located an industrial company and a carpentry. There is no more trade in the commune except the passage of street traders such as a bakery and butchery. The services are represented by a nursing office and the communal school with canteen. The commune suffers from a relative enclavement, it is connected to the other villages only by secondary roads. A cycle path is being built along the Somme canal and a path for fishermen.


Population


History

Cerisy-Gailly became Cerisy is a commune whose origin is very ancient. The village existed before the founding of the
abbey of Corbie Corbie Abbey is a former Benedictine monastery in Corbie, Picardy, France, dedicated to Saint Peter. It was founded by Balthild, the widow of Clovis II, who had monks sent from Luxeuil. The Abbey of Corbie became celebrated both for its library a ...
in the 7th century. It was one of the first donations made to the
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which had installed a
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and a provost to control the exploitation of the land. The seignior of Cerisy was from the
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of Bray-sur-Somme. A communal charter was granted to Cerisy in 1159 and the
parish A parish is a territorial entity in many Christian denominations, constituting a division within a diocese. A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction of a priest, often termed a parish priest, who might be assisted by one or ...
was created in 1220. In the 15th century, Cerisy was ravaged by the
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s as a stone engraved in the portal of the church indicates. On August 4, 1636, the
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s crossed the Somme at Cerisy, unable to do so at Bray. In 1693, a school was founded in Cerisy. At the
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, the
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was suppressed and from 1870-1871 the population had to undergo the requisitions of the
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n army. From 1914 to 1918, the village saw a large number of troops gathering on the way to the marching up down the
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. On January 1, 1966, the town then known as Gailly became a
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of Sailly-Laurette of which it is separated only by the Somme and Gailly took the name of Cerisy. By a prefectoral order of 27 December 2016, the commune was detached on 1 January 2017 from the arrondissement of Péronne to integrate the arrondissement of Amiens. The
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is Claudie Duthoit.


Notable people

* François-Athanase Delaporte, born in 1792 in Cerisy, died in 1848 in Cerisy. He was in the Imperial Guard in 1813, seriously wounded on the battlefield during the campaign of France in 1814.
Chevalier of the Legion of Honor The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon B ...
on February 27, 1814. He became a farmer on his return. *Louis-Wulphy Boulanger, born in 1777 in Rue, died in 1863 in Cerisy. He was a
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of cavalry under the First Empire and the Restoration,
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in 1847, 16 campaigns of war. He was married in 1824 in Cerisy with Marie-Anne-Bertine Coursaut. * Walter (Abbot of Evesham), 10th century monk, and
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who fought for Church rights against unfair acquisitions of church estates by
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, and Urse d'Abitôt, following the
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.


Saint-Georges de Cerisy Church

Saint Georges’ church dates from the thirteenth century. The L'église Saint-Georges de Cerisy church is at the center of the village de Cerisy. The building of the church dates from the 13th century for the bell tower and the nave and from the 16th century for the rest of the building. The church was partially destroyed during the
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and restored during the interwar period. It is protected under historical monuments classification by order of 5 August 1919. The church built in stone is
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. The two lateral portals are
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, the north portal dates from 1576, the south portal from 1566, it is decorated with a
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representing the Descent from the Cross with
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supporting
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in the middle of the
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and the Women Saints. The bell tower has a portal remade in the 18th century,Abbé Paul Decagny, Histoire de l'arrondissement de Péronne et de plusieurs localités circonvoisines, 1865 ; réédition, Bray-sur-Somme et ses environs, Paris, Le Livre d'histoire Lorisse, 1990, p. 55. and a
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that regularly sounds religious tunes such as the
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or popular tunes. After the Great War, there was found in the ruins of the church, the ruins of a
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al vessel made of sculpted stone of the 13th century which was restored. The baptismal font consists of a basin carved in a capital that rests on a short column.


See also

*
Communes of the Somme department The following is a list of the 772 communes of the Somme department of France. The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Réseau des Bains de Mer The Réseau des Bains de Mer (RBM) was a group of five metre gauge railways centred on Noyelles-sur-Mer, with a total route length of some . It was a part of the ''Chemins de fer départementaux de la Somme''. Three of the lines are still open ...


References


External links


Cerisy on the Quid website


{{authority control Communes of Somme (department)