Tilloy-lès-Conty explained

Tilloy-lès-Conty
Arrondissement:Amiens
Canton:Ailly-sur-Noye
Insee:80761
Postal Code:80160
Commune:Ô-de-Selle
Coordinates:49.755°N 2.1775°W
Elevation M:105
Elevation Min M:48
Elevation Max M:135
Area Km2:6.34
Population:244
Population Date:2019
Population Footnotes:[1]

Tilloy-lès-Conty (in French pronounced as /tilwa lɛ kɔ̃ti/, literally Tilloy near Conty) is a former commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France. On 1 January 2019, it was merged into the new commune Ô-de-Selle.[2]

Geography

The commune is situated 10miles south southwest of Amiens, on the D8e road

Places of interest

Château de Tilloy-lès-Conty

This is the ancient fief of the seigneurs of the Croy family, restored as a country house at the end of the 17th century.[3] It consists of a garden and a 9-hectare park, with a little English garden filled with 165 varieties of roses.

The gardens of the Pic-Vert

A 6000-square-metre garden built by Michel Driencourt around a large 19th-century Picardie farm, in four sections:

2500 varieties of shrubs and perennials are on show with collections of delphinium, iris, poppies, magnolia, hydrangea and Japanese maples.

See also

Notes and References

  1. https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/6011070/ensemble.pdf Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble des populations légales en 2019
  2. https://www.legifrance.gouv.fr/eli/arrete/2018/12/7/TERB1900528A/jo/texte Arrêté préfectoral
  3. Le château (façades et toitures), le hall d' entrée, ses deux paliers et escaliers, ainsi que son parc sont classés en totalité (cad. AD 10, 50 à 52, 72) : inscription par arrêté du 19 juillet 2004.