Nesle
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| Commune of Nesle | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 02° 54' 38" E |
| Latitude | 49° 45' 31" N |
| Administration | |
|---|---|
| Country | France |
| Region | Picardie |
| Department | Somme |
| Arrondissement | Péronne |
| Canton | Nesle |
| Mayor | Paul Pilot (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 57 m–82 m (avg. 79 m) |
| Land area¹ | 7.72 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
2,451 |
| - Density (1999) | 317/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 80585/ 80190 |
| ¹ French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 mi² or 247 acres) and river estuaries. | |
| ² Population sans doubles comptes: single count of residents of multiple communes (e.g. students and military personnel). | |
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Nesle is a commune of the Somme département, in northern France.
[edit] Nesle family
Nesle gave its name to an old feudal family. This family became extinct at the beginning of the 13th century, and the heiress brought the lordship to the family of Clermont in Beauvaisis.
Simon de Clermont, seigneur de Nesle, was regent of the kingdom of France during the second crusade of Saint Louis. Raoul de Clermont, constable of France, and Guy I (d. 1302) and Guy II (d. 1352) de Clermont, both marshals of France, were members of the family.
The lordship of Nesle was erected into a county for Charles de Sainte-Maure in 1467 and into a marquisate for Louis de Sainte-Maure in 1546. It was acquired in 1666 by Louis Charles de Mailly. His grandson, Louis de Mailly, had five daughters, of whom four (the countess of Mailly, the duchess of Lauragais, the countess of Vintimille, and the marquise de la Tournelle, afterwards duchess of Chateauroux) were successively, or simultaneously, mistresses of Louis XV.
[edit] References
- This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.
