Boves
See also: Boves (homonymy)
Boves is a common French, located in the department of the Somme and the area Picardy.
Geography
The town of Boves is located at nine kilometers in the south of the town of Amiens, regional capital, with the confluence of the Avre and the Noye.
Administration
Boves is the chief of its canton, including/understanding 23 communes.
Demography
History
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July 1185: Philippe-Auguste signed a treaty which enabled him to acquire part of Picardy. Treaty of Boves
Places and monuments
- ruins of the strong castle (12° century):
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Natural reserve of the marshes of Saint-Miser (13 ha):
Personalities related to the commune
- Jean de Boves, author of several French tale in verse.
- August 1835: Victor Hugo visit ruins of the Castle.
See too
- Canton of Boves
- Common of the Sum
- Arrows and bell-towers of the district of Amiens in 1908
External bonds
- Boves on the site of the national geographical Institute
- Boves on the site of INSEE
- Boves on the site of Quid
- Localization of Boves on a chart of France and communes bordering
- Plane on Boves on Mapquest