Molliens-au-Bois

Molliens-au-Bois is a commune in the Somme department in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

Molliens-au-Bois
Commune
The town hall and school in Molliens-au-Bois
Coat of arms
Location of Molliens-au-Bois
Molliens-au-Bois
Molliens-au-Bois
Coordinates: 49°59′20″N 2°23′10″E
CountryFrance
RegionHauts-de-France
DepartmentSomme
ArrondissementAmiens
CantonCorbie
IntercommunalityCC Territoire Nord Picardie
Government
 • Mayor (2001–2008) Jean-Pierre Valet
Area
1
7.28 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population
 (2017-01-01)[1]
322
 • Density44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
INSEE/Postal code
80553 /80260
Elevation62–129 m (203–423 ft)
(avg. 105 m or 344 ft)
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km2 (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.

Geography

The commune is situated on the D30 and D78 road junction, some 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Amiens.

History

During the Battle of Amiens in August 1918, the divisional HQ of the U.S 33rd Infantry Division was set up in the chateau at Molliens-au-Bois. During that period, King George V went to the castle and awarded medals to General Pershing and other troops. General Bell was the C.O of the division.

On the night of August 8–9, 1918, as three Battalions of Doughboys from the 33rd U.S. Division were joining the Allied offensive during the Battle of Amiens, American war poet Lieut. John Allan Wyeth and Lieut. Thomas J. Cochrane were assigned to deliver sealed orders from Division HQ at Molliens-au-Bois to the Field Headquarters of all three Battalions engaged in the attack. The location of each Battalion was unknown, but they were believed to be along the northern bank of the Somme River, near the village of Sailly-le-Sec. Wyeth would later describe the mission in detail in his six interlinked "Chipilly Ridge sonnets."[2]

Population
Population history
1962196819751982199019992006
179192208195315326336
Starting in 1962: Population without duplicates

See also

References
  1. "Populations légales 2017". INSEE. Retrieved 6 January 2020.
  2. B.J. Omanson (2019), Before the Clangor of the Gun: The First World War Poetry of John Allan Wyeth, pages 36-49.


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