Royon facts for kids

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Commune
Rebuilt château
Coat of arms
Royon Location in France Show map of France Royon Location in Hauts-de-France Show map of Hauts-de-France
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Fruges
Intercommunality	CC Haut Pays du Montreuillois
Area 1	7.49 km2 (2.89 sq mi)
Population  (Jan. 2021)	Lua error in Module:Wd at line 1,575: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	62725 /62990
Elevation	54–160 m (177–525 ft) (avg. 59 m or 194 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Royon is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.

Geography

Royon is located 10 miles (16 km) east of Montreuil-sur-Mer on the D130 road, in the valley of the Créquoise river.

Population

History

The slopes of hills in the region were blocked by thorny hedges of créquiers, the wild plum, and these hedges were called royons
The first mention of Royon is in 893 in Gallia Christiana. It is mentioned again in 1641 as 'Roion', and became 'Royon' in 1804.

Map of Artois by Ortellius 1576.

Détail of Royon.

Places of interest

• The church of St.Germain, dating from the sixteenth century.
• The Louis XV château, destroyed in May 1944.
• The present day château, home of the current mayor.

See also

In Spanish: Royon para niños