Royon
Commune
Rebuilt château
Coat of arms
Location of Royon
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Coordinates: 50°28′25″N 1°59′35″E / 50.4736°N 1.9931°E / 50.4736; 1.9931
Country	France
Region	Hauts-de-France
Department	Pas-de-Calais
Arrondissement	Montreuil
Canton	Fruges
Intercommunality	CC Haut Pays du Montreuillois
Government
• Mayor (2020–2026)	Jean-Marie Cornuel^[1]
Area ¹	7.49 km² (2.89 sq mi)
Population (Jan. 2021)^[2]	133
• Density	18/km² (46/sq mi)
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 (French pronunciation: [ʁwajɔ̃]) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France.^[3]

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

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1968	133	—
1975	135	+0.21%
1982	127	−0.87%
1990	117	−1.02%
1999	103	−1.41%
2007	117	+1.61%
2012	128	+1.81%
2017	135	+1.07%
Source: INSEE^[4]

History

The slopes of hills in the region were blocked by thorny hedges of créquiers, the wild plum, and these hedges were called royons ^[5]
The first mention of Royon is in 893 in Gallia Christiana.^[6] It is mentioned again in 1641 as 'Roion', and became 'Royon' in 1804.^[7]

Places of interest

The church of St. Germain, dating from the sixteenth century.^[8]
The Louis XV château, destroyed in May 1944.
The present day château, home of the current mayor.

References

^ "Répertoire national des élus: les maires" (in French). data.gouv.fr, Plateforme ouverte des données publiques françaises. 13 September 2022.
^ "Populations légales 2021". The National Institute of Statistics and Economic Studies. 28 December 2023.
^ INSEE commune file
^ Population en historique depuis 1968, INSEE
^ Balandra E. : Les rideaux ou royons picards aux XIIIe et XIVe, Bull. Soc. d' émulation d'Abbeville, 1980-XXIV, p. 757-763.
^ Gallia Christiana, XIV, p. 413, col A.
^ Dufetelle A. : Le Marquenterre, Monographie de Quend, Imp. Nouvelle, Abbeville, 1907.
^ Rodière R. : Dictionnaire épigraphique du Pas de Calais, Sède Ed., Arras, 1937