Chaulnes

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

Commune of Chaulnes
Location
Administration
Country	France
Region	Picardie
Department	Somme
Arrondissement	Péronne
Canton	Chaulnes
Intercommunality	Communauté de communes de Haute Picardie
Mayor	M. Thierry Lineatte (2001-2008)
Statistics
Elevation	80 m–104 m (avg. 94 m)
Land area¹	8,46 km²
Miscellaneous
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.

Chaulnes is a commune in the Somme département in the Picardy region of France.

Contents 1 Geography 2 Demography 3 Culture 4 Personalities linked to the commune 5 Places and monuments 6 See also 7 External links

[edit] Geography

[edit] Demography

Population evolution

1962	1968	1975	1982	1990	1999	2005
1471	1483	1550	1616	1785	1901	1892
Census count starting from 1962 : Population without double counting

[edit] 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.

[edit] Personalities linked to the commune

• Charles François Lhomond, grammarian and wit, born at Chaulnes 1727, died in Paris 1794.

[edit] Places and monuments

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

[edit] See also

• Communes of the Somme department

[edit] External links

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

• This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on December 17, 2007.