Chaulnes

Chaulnes
Chaulnes
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardy
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Chaulnes
Intercommunality	Haute Picardie
Mayor	Thierry Lineatte (2001–2008)
Statistics
Elevation	80–104 m (260–341 ft) (avg. 94 m/308 ft)
Land area1	8.46 km2 (3.27 sq mi)
Population2	1,922
- Density	227 /km2 (590 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code	80186/ 80320
1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi or 247 acres) and river estuaries.
2 Population without double counting: residents of multiple communes (e.g., students and military personnel) only counted once.

Coordinates: 49°48′59″N 2°48′17″E / 49.81639°N 2.804722°E / 49.81639; 2.804722

Chaulnes is a commune in the Somme department in Picardy in northern France.

Geography

Demography

Historical population of Chaulnes

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2006
1471	1483	1550	1616	1785	1901	1922
From the year 1962 on: population without double counting—residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel) are counted only once.

Culture

Chaulnes is noted for its cultural events, especially the heavy metal music festival "Killer Fest". Each year, more than 500 fans turn up to see and listen to bands like "OBITUARY", a ‘death metal’ band.

Personalities

• Charles François Lhomond, grammarian and wit, born at Chaulnes 1727, died in Paris 1794.
• The duchy of Chaulnes was established in 1621 for the Albert family.

Places and monuments

• The statue of grammarian Lhomond, sculpted by Eugène-Louis Lequesne, in 1860, paid for by public subscription..

See also

• Communes of the Somme department
• Réseau des Bains de Mer

References

• INSEE

External links

• Chaulnes on the website of l'Institut géographique national
• L'histoire Chaulnes (plain text)
• Chaulnes on the website of Quid
• Chaulnes on a French map
• Chaulnes on Mapquest