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Roye is a commune in France, situated within the Somme department and the arrondissement of Montdidier. It serves as the capital of the canton of Roye. The town has an official name of Roye, Avre-Libre, and covers an area of 15.55 square kilometers. Its population is recorded as 6,061, comprising 2,724 males and 3,062 females. Roye shares borders with Gruny, Beuvraignes, Carrépuis, and Goyencourt.
The commune is located at an elevation of 96 meters above sea level. It received the Croix de guerre 1914–1918 award. The postal code for the area is 80700.
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Place details
- Locality
- Roye
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Population
- 6,655
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- France
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Department
- Somme
- Arrondissement
- Montdidier
- Canton
- Roye
- Intercommunality
- CC Grand Roye
- Mayor 2022 2026
- Delphine Delannoy
- Area
- 15.55 km (6.00 sq mi)
- Population 2023
- 5,833
- Density
- 375.1/km (971.5/sq mi)
- Time zone
- UTC+01:00 ( CET )
- Summer dst
- UTC+02:00 ( CEST )
- Insee postal code
- 80685 /80700
- Elevation
- 67–96 m (220–315 ft) , (avg. 88 m or 289 ft)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- commune of France
- Official name
- Avre-Libre
- Country
- France
- Located in
- arrondissement of Montdidier
- Population
- 5833
- Area
- 15.55
- Elevation
- 83
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Villers-lès-Roye
- Official website
- www.roye.eu
- Image
- Roye hôtel-de-ville 1 •K5•.jpg
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- Commons category
- Roye (Somme)
- postal code
- 80700
- different from
- Roye
- associated electoral district
- canton of Roye
- male population
- 2724
- female population
- 3062
- email address
- mailto:[email protected]
- phone number
- +33-3-22-87-00-52
- fax number
- +33-3-22-87-22-83
- P12749
- Harald von Boehmer
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Encyclopedic overview
Roye ( French pronunciation: [ʁwa]; Picard: Roé) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.
Geography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roye” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.