Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Moulin à vent
Saint-Maxent, Somme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Moulin à vent : classement par décret du 19 janvier 1948
- Protection dates
- 1948/01/19 : classé MH
- Type
- moulin
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle
- Later work
- 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Maxent
- Département
- Somme
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 50.01123, 1.73427
- Mérimée reference
- PA00116243
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(49) Artois. Atrebatum Regionis." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Situé en bordure de la nationale Abbeville -Rouen, le moulin à vent de Saint-Maxent est un moulin de bois sur pivot ; ce type de construction est le plus répandu dans le nord de la France. Au cours du 18e siècle, il a subi des restaurations, comme en témoignent certaines pièces sur lesquelles quelques dates sont inscrites (1736-1737).
English translation
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History
Located on the edge of the national road Abbeville-Rouen, the windmill of Saint-Maxent is a wooden mill on a pivot; this type of construction is the most widespread in the north of France. During the 18th century, it underwent restorations, as witnessed by certain pieces on which some dates are inscribed (1736-1737).
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Vincentégliseunder 1 mi
- Château de Martainnevillechâteau1 mi
- Égliseéglise2 mi
- Croixcroix de cimetière2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.