History
- 1750 : Construction of the château, the residence of Général de GRIBEAUVAL, inventor of a cannon.
- Temporarily chef-lieu of the canton during the French Revolution.
- 1870 : Consecration of the new church.
- 1940 : Evacuated during the German occupation
- January 2004 : Bovelles and the neighbouring villages form the ‘‘Communauté de communes d'Amiens-Métropole.
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