Saint-Valery-sur-Somme is a common French, located in the department of the Somme and the area Picardy.

Its inhabitants is called Valericains.

This Chief town of canton, located at the mouth of the Somme, is one of the three ports of the Baie of Somme with Crotoy and Hourdel.

Saint-Valery is written “ Saint-Wary ” into Picardy. That explains why there is no accent on the " e" of Val' e' ry.

Geography

Located on the estuary of the Sum, Saint-Valery was probably with the Moyen-âge at the end of traversable channels with ford since Crotoy.

In spite of the silting of bay of Somme and the Halieutic decline of the resources S, the borough keeps a tourist attraction some.

Administration

Demography

History

According to the Hagiographie of the diocese of Amiens , the king Clotaire II would have granted the old Gallo-Roman field of Leucone the saint éponyme, Saint Valéry (born in Auvergne towards 565, died on December 12th, 622 with the Cape Hornu ). Leucone remained a place of pilgrimage until XIe century. Saint-Valery-sur-Somme, medieval city, were constituted about this time around the sanctuary of Saint-Valery. Its geographical position, on the road from Rouen to Boulogne, as well as the possibility of passing the estuary to ford to certain hours, made a place of important transit of it. Thus, it is of this port that William the Conqueror left, in September 1066, with the Conquête of England. Saint-Valery could be supplied out of wood by old the Forêt of Crécy, much wider than today.

There also exists of important vestiges, testifying in particular to the passage of Jeanne d' Arc in this city.

During the wars of religion, the captain Cocqueville takes Saint-Valery in June 1568. He is beaten with the Bataille of Saint-Valery on July 18th by the governor of Picardy Thimble-Brissac. Only 300 huguenots escape from it.

Then, the marshal of Thimble takes again Saint-Valery and massacres the Protestants there.

Heraldic

Traditional weapons of the town of Saint-Valery-sur-Somme:

“ Crossed, the chief of azure with three flowers of gold lily, with the measured with compasses edge of money and mouths, the point of azure to a gold boat, without oars nor veils. ”

Places and monuments

• the lock with the sea, which controls the outlet of the Somme (river).

• the stone tower where, known as the tradition, Jeanne d' Arc were held.

• the house where Anatole France resided.

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