Saint-Quentin, Aisne
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- For other places with the same name, see Saint-Quentin.
| Commune of Saint-Quentin | |
| Location | |
| Longitude | 03° 17' 11" E |
| Latitude | 49° 50' 55" N |
| Administration | |
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| Country | France |
| Region | Picardie |
| Department | Aisne (sous-préfecture) |
| Arrondissement | Saint-Quentin |
| Canton | Chief town of 3 cantons |
| Intercommunality | communauté d'agglomération de Saint-Quentin |
| Mayor | Pierre André (2001-2008) |
| Statistics | |
| Altitude | 68 m–125 m (avg. 74 m) |
| Land area¹ | 22.56 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
59,066 |
| - Density (1999) | 2,618/km² |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02691/ 02100 |
| 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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Saint-Quentin is a commune of northern France. It has been identified as the Augusta Veromanduorum of antiquity. It is named for Saint Quentin, who is said to have been martyred here in the 3rd century.
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[edit] Administration
Saint-Quentin is a sous-préfecture of the Aisne département, part of the Picardie région.
[edit] Miscellaneous
[edit] Mayors
The mayor of Saint-Quentin is conservative Pierre André, member of Nicolas Sarkozy's UMP Party.
| From | To | Name | Politic |
|---|---|---|---|
| march 1995 | Not finished | Pierre André | Conservative |
| 1989 | 1995 | Daniel Le Meur | Communist |
| 1983 | 1989 | Jacques Braconnier | Conservative |
| 1977 | 1983 | Daniel Le Meur | Communist |
| 1966 | 1977 | Jacques Braconnier | Conservative |
[edit] Famous Saint-Quentinois
- Dudo of Saint-Quentin (born ca. 965), historian
- Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704-1788) painter and pastelist
- François-Noël Babeuf (1760-1797), known as Gracchus Babeuf, political agitator and journalist of the revolutionary period
- Charles Rogier (1800–1885), Belgian statesman
- Amédée Ozenfant (1886-1966), cubist painter
- Jean-Marie LEFèVRE (1953-), modernist poet
- Xavier Bertrand (1965-...), Minister of Health in Dominique de Villepin's government, conservative
[edit] Museums
- Butterflies' Museum which owns more than 600,000 insects and shows 20,000 of them
- Antoine Lecuyer Museum which owns the largest collection of Maurice Quentin de La Tour's pastels
[edit] Twin towns
Saint-Quentin is twinned with:
