Falvy
# Falvy

Falvy (French pronunciation: ​) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

## Geography

Falvy is situated on the D103 road, on the banks of the river Somme, some 19 miles (31 km) west of Saint-Quentin.

## History

Falvy originated as a Gaulish village. Known by different names over the centuries :Fala, Falvicum in 1135, Phalevi in 1146, then Fallevy or Falevi sur Somme and finally Falvy Principle events :

* In the 12th century, Raoul I de Nesle, seigneur of both Nesle and Falvy, gave the windmill of Falvy-sur-Somme to the church at Saint-Quentin.
* 1629 and Louis XIII dismantles the château, a medieval fortress
* On 22 November 1916, fighter-ace-pilot Georges Guynemer claimed his 23rd victim at Falvy.
* On 9 August 1918, the bridge at Falvy was attacked by Lieutenant James Alfred Keating, an American volunteer in the RFC. He won the Distinguished Flying Cross.

## Places of interest

* The church of Saint Benoite has dimensions that are relative to a time when the population was larger. Its origin was as a chapel to the chateau. It was victim of revolutionary vandalism in 1792, losing much of its embellishment and harmony by such destruction.
* The lake
