Morlancourt

Morlancourt is a northern French village with 364 inhabitants (as of 1 January 2011) in the department of Somme in the Picardie region. The municipality is part of the Canton of Bray- sur -Somme and is part of the Communauté de communes du Pays du Coquelicot.

Geography

The approximately 8.5 km south of Albert situated between the valleys of the Somme and the Ancre to the Department Street D42 parish includes also the grown-together with her community town of Villers -le- Vert.

History

The castle in the town center has gone off.

The municipality received the Croix de guerre as a distinction from 1914 to 1918.

Population

Management

Mayor ( maire ) since 2001 Michel Destombes.

Attractions

  • The 1928-1930 rebuilt church of Sainte -Marie- Madeleine.

Personalities

  • Louis de Friant, general and Comte de l' Em pire (1758 - 1829), born in Morlancourt, a member of the Legion of Honour.
  • Alfred Dizy, farm workers and leader of a resistance group, executed in 1943 in Amiens.
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