Estrées, Aisne

Estrées

Estrées
Administration
Country France
Region Picardy
Department Aisne
Arrondissement Saint-Quentin
Canton Le Catelet
Intercommunality Pays du Vermandois
Mayor Gérard Lempereur
(2008–2014)
Statistics
Elevation 97–149 m (318–489 ft)
(avg. 136 m/446 ft)
Land area1 7.04 km2 (2.72 sq mi)
Population2 407  (2008)
 - Density 58 /km2 (150 /sq mi)
INSEE/Postal code 02291/ 02420
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.

Estrées is a commune in the Aisne department in Picardy in northern France.

In the Picard dialect, it is called Etré. The etymology of the name is from strata, after the stone-layered Roman roads in the area.

Also known in ancient times as Strata or Estreti, history mentions an abbey in the 12th century. A parish was created there about 1189 with a priest sent from the abbey of Mont Saint Martin to buy land and help the poor. In 1777 Pierre Nicolas Leroy began manufacturing silk gauze here. Inhabitants are called Estrésiens.

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Administration

List of mayors
Term Name Party Profession
2001–2008 Jean-Marie Courtois
2008–2014 Gérard Lempereur
Previous data not available

Population

Historical population of Estrées, Aisne
Year 1962 1968 1975 1982 1990 1999 2008
Population 424 474 401 423 434 446 407

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