Lihons

Lihons
Commune
The town hall and school in Lihons
Coat of arms
Location of Lihons
Lihons Lihons
Coordinates: 49°49′30″N 2°46′01″E
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Ham
Intercommunality	Terre de Picardie
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Robert Billoré
Area 1	12.42 km2 (4.80 sq mi)
Population  (2023)	463
• Density	37.3/km2 (96.6/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code	80481 /80320
Elevation	84–112 m (276–367 ft) (avg. 94 m or 308 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Lihons (French pronunciation: [li.ɔ̃s]) is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Geography

Lihons is situated 20 miles (32 km) east of Amiens, on the D337 road

Population

Historical population

Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	384	—
1975	366	−0.68%
1982	321	−1.86%
1990	366	+1.65%
1999	377	+0.33%
2007	383	+0.20%
2012	389	+0.31%
2017	442	+2.59%
2023	463	+0.78%
Source: INSEE

Places of interest

The tomb of Prince Murat.

Louis Marie Joachim Napoléon Michel Prince Murat was a descendant (a great-great grandson) of Napoleon’s brother-in-law, Joachim Murat, the first recipient of the title. He volunteered during World War I and joined the 5th infantry regiment of cuirassiers. He died on the western front in Lihons on 21 August 1916, aged 20 years. The monument was built by his family after the war and later transferred to the commune for maintenance (in 1961).

See also

• Communes of the Somme department

External links

• Joseph Goniak. "Lihons-en-Santerre (80320); 1914-1918 : cartes postales de poilus et autres…" [Lihons-en-Santerre (80320): old postcards of "poilus" and others… (archived version of the website)] (in French). Retrieved 17 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)