Estrées-Saint-Denis () is a
commune in the
Oise
Oise ( ; ; ) is a department in the north of France. It is named after the river Oise. Inhabitants of the department are called ''Oisiens'' () or ''Isariens'', after the Latin name for the river, Isara. It had a population of 829,419 in 2019.< ...
department in northern
France
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.
Estrées-Saint-Denis station has rail connections to Amiens and Compiègne.
It is one of many villages in the north of France bearing the name ''Estrées''. The etymology of the name is from ''strata'' (
cognate
In historical linguistics, cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language.
Because language change can have radical effects on both the s ...
of English "street"), the word for the stone-layered
Roman road
Roman roads ( ; singular: ; meaning "Roman way") were physical infrastructure vital to the maintenance and development of the Roman state, built from about 300 BC through the expansion and consolidation of the Roman Republic and the Roman Em ...
s in the area (some of which turned into modern highways). Hence ''Estreti'', ''"village on the road"'' which developed into ''"Estrées"''.
Population
See also
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Communes of the Oise department
The following is a list of the 680 Communes of France, communes of the Oise Departments of France, department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following Communes of France#Intercommunality, intercommunalities (as of 2025):
References
Communes of Oise
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