Thoix

Thoix
Chateau of Thoix
Thoix
Location within Picardy region  Thoix
Coordinates: 49°45′22″N 2°04′12″E / 49.756°N 2.07°ECoordinates: 49°45′22″N 2°04′12″E / 49.756°N 2.07°E
Country	France
Region	Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Conty
Intercommunality	Canton of Conty
Government
• Mayor (2008–2014)	Daniel Doré
Area^1	11.12 km^2 (4.29 sq mi)
Population (2006)^2	137
• Density	12/km^2 (32/sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80757 / 80160
Elevation	82–188 m (269–617 ft) (avg. 40.00 m or 131.23 ft)
^1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries. ^2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Thoix is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.

Geography

Thoix is situated 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Amiens, on the D100 road. The Parquets river, a small tributary of the river Évoissons, which flows into the Selle, has its source in Thoix and also feeds the castle moat

Population

Historical population of Thoix

Year	1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
Population	86	105	114	130	135	144	137
From the year 1962 on: No double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

History

The village has been know by many names over the centuries: Teoletum, Teoleium, Tois in 1140, Thois in 1212 and Thoys by 1301. The inhabitants are known as Téoduliens.

Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet (1488–1525), a favourite of king Francis I, was seigneur of Thoix.

Places of interest

• The fifteenth-century château.
• Saint-Etienne's fifteenth-century church
• A fifteenth-century stone cross in the square
• A dovecote in the courtyard of the farm opposite the château
• A memorial to an aerial combat between a French aeroplane and 8 German fighter planes on 5 June 1940.

Saint-Étienne’s church

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

References

• INSEE

External links

• Page about the Château de Thoix (French)
• Thoix on the Quid website (French)