Coordinates: 50°28′25″N 1°59′35″E / 50.4736°N 1.9931°E / 50.4736; 1.9931

Royon

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Royon
Rebuilt château
Rebuilt château
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CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentPas-de-Calais
ArrondissementMontreuil
CantonFruges
IntercommunalityCC Haut Pays du Montreuillois
Government
 • Mayor (2020–2026) Jean-Marie Cornuel[1]
Area
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7.49 km2 (2.89 sq mi)
Population
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Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
62725 /62990
Elevation54–160 m (177–525 ft)
(avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Royon (French pronunciation: [ʁwajɔ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France[2] 10 miles (16 km) east of Montreuil-sur-Mer in the valley of the Créquoise river.

Population

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Historical population
YearPop.±% p.a.
1968133—    
1975135+0.21%
1982127−0.87%
1990117−1.02%
1999103−1.41%
2007117+1.61%
2012128+1.81%
2017135+1.07%
Source: INSEE[3]

History

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The slopes of hills in the region were blocked by thorny hedges of créquiers, the wild plum, and these hedges were called royons, which may be the source of the name.[4]

The first mention of Royon is in 893 in Gallia Christiana.[5] It is mentioned again in 1641 as 'Roion', and became 'Royon' in 1804.[6]

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Map of Artois by Ortellius 1576.
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Détail of Royon.

Places of interest

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  • The church of St. Germain, dating from the sixteenth century.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ INSEE commune file
  3. ^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
  4. ^ Balandra E. : Les rideaux ou royons picards aux XIIIe et XIVe, Bull. Soc. d' émulation d'Abbeville, 1980-XXIV, p. 757-763.
  5. ^ Gallia Christiana, XIV, p. 413, col A.
  6. ^ Dufetelle A. : Le Marquenterre, Monographie de Quend, Imp. Nouvelle, Abbeville, 1907.
  7. ^ Rodière R. : Dictionnaire épigraphique du Pas de Calais, Sède Ed., Arras, 1937

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