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Saint-Quentin, Aisne
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- For other places with the same name, see Saint-Quentin.
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Commune of Saint-Quentin |
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| Location | |
| Coordinates | |
| 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 | |
| Elevation | 68 m–125 m (avg. 74 m) |
| Land area¹ | 22.56 km² |
| Population² (1999) |
59,066 |
| - Density | 2,618/km² (1999) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| INSEE/Postal code | 02691/ 02100 |
| 1 French Land Register data, which excludes lakes, ponds, glaciers > 1 km² (0.386 sq mi 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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Saint-Quentin is a sous-préfecture of the Aisne département, part of the Picardie région. Although Saint-Quentin is by far the largest city in Aisne, the préfecture (capital) resides in the third-largest city of Laon.
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 |
- Dudo of Saint-Quentin (born ca. 965), historian
- Maurice Quentin de La Tour (1704-1788), painter and pastelist
- Jean Louis Marie Poiret (1755-1834), botanist and explorer
- 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 (born 1953), modernist and minimalist poet
- Xavier Bertrand (born 1965), Minister of Health in Dominique de Villepin's government, conservative
- 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
Saint-Quentin is paired with:
Wikimedia Commons has media related to:
- Saint-Quentin Basilica
- Saint-Quentin Basilica
- Official website (French) (English)
