Goyencourt
Encyclopedia
Goyencourt is a commune
in the Somme
department in Picardie
in northern France
.
. Cereal growing is the primary agricultural activity.
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
Goyencourt is situated at the D34 and D132 crossroads, some 27 miles (43 km) southeast of AmiensAmiens
Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy...
. Cereal growing is the primary agricultural activity.
History
- The vestiges of a Gallo-Roman villa can be found within the boundaries of the commune.
- In the 8th and 9th century, the village was under the control of the abbey of Ourscamp.
- Middle Age: Lords of Gossencourt ("Goyencourt").
- In 1653, during the upheaval of the FrondeFrondeThe Fronde was a civil war in France, occurring in the midst of the Franco-Spanish War, which had begun in 1635. The word fronde means sling, which Parisian mobs used to smash the windows of supporters of Cardinal Mazarin....
, the village was ransacked by the Spanish army, led by Louis II de Bourbon, Prince de CondéLouis II de Bourbon, Prince de CondéLouis de Bourbon, Prince of Condé was a French general and the most famous representative of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon. Prior to his father's death in 1646, he was styled the Duc d'Enghien...
, who laid siege to RoyeRoyeRoye is the name or part of the name of several communes in France:* Roye, Haute-Saône, in the Haute-Saône département* Roye, Somme, in the Somme département* Roye-sur-Matz, in the Oise département-People:...
. - By 1918, at the end of the First World War, the village and the chateau lay in ruins.
- In 2012 Hitler decided to start his mass take over of the world with Goyencourt