commune
A commune is an alternative term for an intentional community. Commune or comună or comune or other derivations may also refer to:
Administrative-territorial entities
* Commune (administrative division), a municipality or township
** Communes of ...
in the
Pas-de-Calais
Pas-de-Calais (, " strait of Calais"; pcd, Pas-Calés; also nl, Nauw van Kales) is a department in northern France named after the French designation of the Strait of Dover, which it borders. It has the most communes of all the departments ...
department
Department may refer to:
* Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility
Government and military
*Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...
in the
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 ...
region of
France
France (), officially the French Republic ( ), is a country primarily located in Western Europe. It also comprises of overseas regions and territories in the Americas and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans. Its metropolitan ar ...
.
Geography
Royon is located 10 miles (16 km) east of
Montreuil-sur-Mer
Montreuil (; also nl, Monsterole), also known as Montreuil-sur-Mer (; pcd, Montreu-su-Mér or , literally ''Montreuil on Sea''), is a sub-prefecture in the Pas-de-Calais department, northern France. It is located on the Canche river, not far fr ...
on the D130 road, in the valley of the
Créquoise
The river Créquoise (; pcd, Créquoése) is one of the small streams that flow from the plateau of the southern Boulonnais and Picardy, into the Canche. It is long.
The river rises at Créquy and passes by Torcy, Royon, Lebiez, Hesmond, Off ...
river.
Population
History
The slopes of hills in the region were blocked by thorny hedges of ''créquiers'', the wild plum, and these hedges were called ''royons''
The first mention of ''Royon'' is in 893 in ''Gallia Christiana''. It is mentioned again in 1641 as 'Roion', and became 'Royon' in 1804.
Places of interest
* The church of St. Germain, dating from the sixteenth century.Rodière R. : Dictionnaire épigraphique du Pas de Calais, Sède Ed., Arras, 1937
* The Louis XV château, destroyed in May 1944.
* The present day château, home of the current mayor.
