Thoix

Thoix
Commune
Chateau of Thoix
Thoix Thoix
Coordinates: 49°45′22″N 2°04′12″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Amiens
Canton	Ailly-sur-Noye
Intercommunality	CC Somme Sud-Ouest
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Frederic Marseille
Area 1	11.12 km2 (4.29 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80757 /80160
Elevation	82–188 m (269–617 ft) (avg. 40.00 m or 131.23 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Thoix (French pronunciation: ​[twa]; Picard: Toé) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Thoix is situated 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Amiens, on the D100 road. The Parquets river, a small tributary of the river Évoissons, which flows into the Selle, has its source in Thoix and also feeds the castle moat

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	105	—
1975	114	+1.18%
1982	130	+1.89%
1990	135	+0.47%
1999	144	+0.72%
2007	135	−0.80%
2012	139	+0.59%
2017	144	+0.71%
Source: INSEE

History

The village has been known by many names over the centuries: Teoletum, Teoleium, Tois in 1140, Thois in 1212 and Thoys by 1301. The inhabitants are known as Téoduliens.

Guillaume Gouffier, seigneur de Bonnivet (1488–1525), a favourite of king Francis I, was seigneur of Thoix.

Places of interest

• The fifteenth-century château.
• Saint-Etienne's fifteenth-century church
• A fifteenth-century stone cross in the square
• A dovecote in the courtyard of the farm opposite the château
• A memorial to an aerial combat between a French aeroplane and 8 German fighter planes on 5 June 1940.

Saint-Étienne's church

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

External links

• Page about the Château de Thoix (in French)