Talmas

The commune of Talmas is located on the Northern Picardy Plate, along the Trunk road 25, halfway between Amiens and Doullens. Its territory, which extends on 1920 hectares, is crossed by the meridian line of Paris.
In the course of the centuries, the number of inhabitants fluctuated, exceeding the 1700 at the XIXème century, to reach its level low, 444 inhabitants, at the time of the census of 1962. Today, the population rises with 1062 inhabitants, including his hamlet of Valley of Houses (46 inhabitants) distant of hardly three kilometers. The common one knew to preserve an accomodating framework of life, a certain quality of life, by combining the advantages of the countryside with, in the vicinity, the services of the city. Its small inheritance was emphasized, the ponds were the subject landscape of installation, the wells and martyrdoms were restored. This beautiful landscape framework was accompanied by one fleurissement, the creation of solid masses and the plantation of hedges.
Since the Eighties, Talmas makes new great strides thanks to the proximity of Amiens where most of its population works, which chose this village like place of residence and which places it of many inhabitants third locality of the Villers-Scrap-metal canton. There does not remain about it less one village with strong agricultural tradition.

Located at the center of the village, close to the pond of the City, this lime would be old of more than 400 years and would have been used as gibet. Many of these limes were planted with l' occasion of the birth of the Dolphin, future Louis XIII, wire of Henri IV and of Marie de Médicis. The years, the centuries pass, leaving their prints and some scars on its trunk, which required an special attention. Each spring, the foliage of our old lime finds its beautiful foliage. Last pruning goes back to 2001.

The information relating to the church at the XVIII century are very few. Only some documents of the files like the plan of the church, the statement of visit of the bell-tower in 1709 or an adjudication for work of cover of the arrow of the bell-tower in 1741, allows to bring some information on this church. The register of the deliberations makes state of a decision of the municipal council in February 1804 for the rebuilding of the church set fire to during the summer 1803.

The rebuilding of this building, according to the plans of Demoulin architect, will be financed by the sale of the trees, a ground and an imposition on the movable land taxes. Work is completed in 1822. At that time, the population of the village was of 1722 inhabitants, and the church prove too small to contain the population at the time of the religious offices. A projet enlarging with construction of a new bell-tower at the gate of the church, construction of the chorus, rebuilding of the sacristy, carried out by the priest Mr. Nicolas Loir will be finally concretized about the years 1853, in spite of many technical and financial risks.

Four wells, dug between the XVI and the XIX century, still remain with the accesses of the streets of the village, others disappeared or were covered by safety with a concrete slab.

The two wells of the pond of the City and the pond of Boyaval were restored in 1986. The two others, located in the New street and the street of Amiens were the subject of work of restoration in 2001. Their structure is made up of likings and wood. On one of the large likings of the well of the pond of the city the date of 1783 is engraved.

The inhabitants of the villages of the Picardy plate realized, during the second part of the XVI century and first half of the XVII  century, of vast arranged undergrounds, indicated under the regional name of muches

During the disturbed times of the wars of religion, some Thirty year old war and Sling, these works had as a principal function to shelter the goods, harvests, the cattle and to be used as refuges for the villagers when the danger was imminent.