Ramburelles
Encyclopedia
Ramburelles is a commune
in the Somme
department in Picardie
in northern France
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Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Somme
Somme
Somme is a department of France, located in the north of the country and named after the Somme river. It is part of the Picardy region of France....
department in Picardie
Picardie
Picardy is one of the 27 regions of France. It is located in the northern part of France.-History:The historical province of Picardy stretched from north of Noyon to Calais, via the whole of the Somme department and the north of the Aisne department...
in northern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
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Geography
Ramburelles is situated on the D263 road, some 10 miles (16 km) southwest of AbbevilleAbbeville
Abbeville is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Location:Abbeville is located on the Somme River, from its modern mouth in the English Channel, and northwest of Amiens...
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Population
| 1926 | 1931 | 1936 | 1962 | 1968 | 1975 | 1982 | 1990 | 1999 | 2006 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 222 | 214 | 221 | 200 | 213 | 228 | 211 | 231 | 210 | 244 |
| Starting in 196: Population without duplicates | |||||||||
History
- In 1218, Bishop Evrard puts the parish under the deanship of OisemontOisemontOisemont is a commune in the Somme department in Picardie in northern France.-Geography:Oisemont is situated on the junction of the D25, D29 and D936 roads, some 10 south of Abbeville and west of Amiens.-Population:-History:...
. - In the 14th century, it came under the provostProvost (civil)A provost is the ceremonial head of many Scottish local authorities, and under the name prévôt was a governmental position of varying importance in Ancien Regime France.-History:...
of the Vimeu. - Before leaving, in 1944, the Germans burnt down the school and the chateau.
- In 1922, the local council agreed to the installation of a telephoneTelephoneThe telephone , colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that transmits and receives sounds, usually the human voice. Telephones are a point-to-point communication system whose most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk to each other...
kiosk. It wasn’t working until 1924.
- In 1922 and 1923, electrification came to the village. Public buildings waited until 1929.
- In 1932, the local council agreed to provide a fresh water supply to the commune. It wasn’t completed until 1953.
- in 1948, the roads of the commune were covered in tarmacTarmacTarmac is a type of road surface. Tarmac refers to a material patented by Edgar Purnell Hooley in 1901...
for the first time.
Heraldry
Places of interest
- The traces of a castle can be seen in pastureland near the village.
- The sixteenth century church, completed in 1536
- The château
- The war memorial, from 1922
- Ancient wells, used until clean water was supplied to the village.
- The school. It was planned in 1878 and built soon after.
Personalities
- Paul Eugène Delattre (1830–1898). Lawyer, politician, writer