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Arrondissement Of Saint-Quentin
The arrondissement of Saint-Quentin is an arrondissement of France in the Aisne department in the Hauts-de-France region. It has 126 communes. Its population is 128,958 (2016), and its area is . Composition The communes of the arrondissement of Saint-Quentin, and their INSEE codes are: # Alaincourt (02009) # Annois (02019) # Artemps (02025) # Attilly (02029) # Aubencheul-aux-Bois (02030) # Aubigny-aux-Kaisnes (02032) # Beaurevoir (02057) # Beauvois-en-Vermandois (02060) # Becquigny (02061) # Bellenglise (02063) # Bellicourt (02065) # Benay (02066) # Berthenicourt (02075) # Bohain-en-Vermandois (02095) # Bony (02100) # Brancourt-le-Grand (02112) # Bray-Saint-Christophe (02117) # Brissay-Choigny (02123) # Brissy-Hamégicourt (02124) # Castres (02142) # Le Catelet (02143) # Caulaincourt (02144) # Cerizy (02149) # Châtillon-sur-Oise (02170) # Chevresis-Monceau (02184) # Clastres (02199) # Contescourt (02214) # Croix-Fonsomme (02240) # Cugny (02246) # Dallon (02257) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Quentin, Aisne
Saint-Quentin (; pcd, Saint-Kintin; nl, label=older Dutch, Sint-Kwintens ) is a city in the Aisne department, Hauts-de-France, northern France. It has been identified as the ''Augusta Veromanduorum'' of antiquity. It is named after Saint Quentin of Amiens, who is said to have been martyred there in the 3rd century. Administration Saint-Quentin is a sub-prefecture of Aisne. Although Saint-Quentin is by far the largest city in Aisne, the capital is the third-largest city, Laon. Mayors The mayor of Saint-Quentin is Frédérique Macarez, a member of the centre-right LR Party. History The city was founded by the Romans, in the Augustean period, to replace the ''oppidum'' of Vermand (11 km away) as the capital of ''Viromandui'' (Celtic Belgian people who occupied the region). It received the name "''Augusta Viromanduorum''", ''Augusta'' of the ''Viromandui'', in honor of the emperor Augustus. The site is that of a ford across the River Somme. During the late Roman pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |